Words Like PATHETIC

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PATHETIC.

11 Alternative Words Similar to pathetic

1 Hapless Adjective      Synonym Words Like Hapless
2 Miserable Adjective      Synonym Words Like Miserable
3 Misfortunate Adjective      Synonym Words Like Misfortunate
4 Piteous Adjective      Synonym Words Like Piteous
5 Pitiable Adjective      Synonym Words Like Pitiable
6 Pitiful Adjective      Synonym Words Like Pitiful
7 Poor Adjective      Synonym Words Like Poor
8 Wretched Adjective      Synonym Words Like Wretched
9 Contemptible Adjective      Similar Words Like Contemptible
10 Unfortunate Adjective      Similar Words Like Unfortunate
11 Passionate Adjective      Synonym Words Like Passionate

10 examples of pathetic

1 a pathetic song or story
2 pitiful exhibition of cowardice
3 pitiable lack of character
4 a wretched life
5 miserable victims of war
6 piteous appeals for help
7 his poor distorted limbs
8 pitiable homeless children
9 the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
10 Oh, you poor thing

10 definitions of pathetic

1 Expressing or showing anger; passionate.
2 Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos.
3 inspiring mixed contempt and pity
4 inspiring scornful pity
5 deserving or inciting pity
6 Arousing or capable of arousing sympathetic sadness and compassion: "The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic” ( John Galsworthy).
7 Arousing or capable of arousing scornful pity.
8 Expressing or showing passion; passionate.
9 Full of pathos; affecting or moving the feelings; exciting pity, sorrow, grief, or other tender emotion; affecting: as, a pathetic song or discourse; pathetic expostulation.
10 In anatomy, trochlear: in designation of or reference to the fourth crania1 nerve.
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