pathetic

pathetic /pə'θetik/
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Xem thêm: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched, pitiable, pitiful, ridiculous, silly



pathetic

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • deserving or inciting pity; hapless, miserable, misfortunate, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched

    a hapless victim

    miserable victims of war

    the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help

    pitiable homeless children

    a pitiful fate

    Oh, you poor thing

    his poor distorted limbs

    a wretched life

  • inspiring mixed contempt and pity; pitiable, pitiful

    their efforts were pathetic

    pitiable lack of character

    pitiful exhibition of cowardice

  • inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett; ridiculous, silly

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: deplorable distressing miserable moving pitiful sad touching