pathetic
21pathetic — adjective 1) a pathetic sight Syn: pitiful, moving, touching, poignant, plaintive, wretched 2) informal a pathetic excuse Syn: feeble, woeful, sorry, poor, pitif …
22pathetic — adj. Pathetic is used with these nouns: ↑attempt, ↑creature, ↑excuse, ↑existence, ↑loser, ↑sight, ↑whimper …
23pathetic — pateticamente ит. [патэтикамэ/нтэ] patetico [патэ/тико] pathetic англ. [пэтэ/тик] pathétique фр. [патэти/к] pathetisch нем. [патэ/тиш] патетически, воодушевленно …
24pathetic — [pəˈθetɪk] adj 1) useless or not effective in an annoying way 2) if someone or something looks or sounds pathetic, you feel sympathy for them Syn: pitiful pathetically [pəˈθetɪkli] adv …
25pathetic — /pəˈθɛtɪk / (say puh thetik) adjective 1. exciting pity or sympathetic sadness; full of pathos. 2. affecting or moving the feelings. 3. relating or due to the feelings. 4. Colloquial miserably inadequate: her vegetables made a pathetic showing at …
26pathetic — adj. 1 arousing pity or sadness or contempt. 2 Brit. colloq. miserably inadequate. 3 archaic of the emotions. Phrases and idioms: pathetic fallacy the attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things, esp. in art and literature.… …
27Pathetic muscle — Pathetic Pa*thet ic, a. [L. patheticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, to suffer: cf. F. path[ e]tique. See {Pathos}.] 1. Expressing or showing anger; passionate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of… …
28Pathetic nerve — Pathetic Pa*thet ic, a. [L. patheticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, to suffer: cf. F. path[ e]tique. See {Pathos}.] 1. Expressing or showing anger; passionate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of… …
29pathetic fallacy — n. [first used by J. Ruskin] in literature, the attribution of human feelings and characteristics to inanimate things (Ex.: the angry sea, a stubborn door) …
30Pathetic fallacy — The pathetic fallacy or anthropomorphic fallacy is the treatment of inanimate objects as if they had human feelings, thoughts, or sensations. The pathetic fallacy is a special case of the fallacy of reification. The word in this use is related to …
