adjective · common

pathetic

pathetic · more pathetic · most pathetic

убогий, патетичний, жалісний

жалкий, душераздирающий, убогий, патетический

peinlich, rührend, erbärmlich, bemitleidenswert

Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassionArousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.

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/pəˈθɛtɪk/

» Tom is pathetic, isn't he?

Tom ist erbärmlich, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

Том жалюгідний, чи не так? — deniko

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Meaning

4 senses

Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.
The child’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.
rührend, mitleiderregend, bemitleidenswert
жа́лостныйžálostnyj, душераздира́ющийdušerazdirájuščij, патети́ческийpatetíčeskij
жа́ліснийžálisnyj, патети́чнийpatetýčnyj
Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.
You can't even run two miles? That’s pathetic.
You're almost 26 years old and you still can't hold a real job? That's pathetic.
erbärmlich, jämmerlich, peinlich
жа́лкийžálkij, убо́гийubógij
убо́гийubóhyj
Trochlear.
(obsolete)Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

More definitions

inspiring scornful pity
inspiring mixed contempt and pity
deserving or inciting pity

Examples

105 sentences

Tom is pathetic, isn't he?
Том жалюгідний, чи не так? — deniko
deTom ist erbärmlich, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth
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Tom is pathetic.
Том жалюгідний. — deniko
ruТом жалок. — fjay69
deTom ist erbärmlich. — Felixjp
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Isn't it pathetic?
Хіба ж це не жалюгідно? — deniko
deIst das nicht erbärmlich? — Luiaard
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It's so pathetic.
Це так жалюгідно. — deniko
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That's a pathetic excuse.
Це жалюгідне виправдання. — deniko
ruЭто жалкое оправдание. — odexed
deDas ist eine armselige Ausrede. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion:

arousing scorn or contempt:

Русский

By meaning 2

arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion:

arousing scorn or contempt:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion:

arousing scorn or contempt:

Origin

From Middle French pathétique, from Latin patheticus, from Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathēt

From Middle French pathétique, from Latin patheticus, from Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, “subject to feeling, capable of feeling, impassioned”), from παθητός (pathētós, “one who has suffered, subject to suffering”), from πάσχω (páskhō, “to suffer”). By surface analysis, path- + -etic.

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