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31Pathetic Sharks — The Pathetic Sharks are a long running but sporadic feature of Viz . Perhaps the feature s true title is Oh, No! It s the Pathetic Sharks since this text typically appears in the opening panel of each installment. They were given their own Bumper …
32pathetic fallacy — noun the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; the friendly sun is an example of the pathetic fallacy • Hypernyms: ↑fallacy, ↑false belief * * * paˌthetic ˈfallacy f6 [pathetic fallacy] noun …
33pathetic fallacy — the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea. [coined by John Ruskin in Modern Painters Vol. III, Part IV (1856)] * * * ▪ figure of speech poetic practice of… …
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35pathetic — 1. Denoting the fourth cranial nerve (p. nerve), the trochlear nerve. 2. Denoting that which arouses sorrow or pity. [G. pathetikos, relating to the feelings] …
36pathetic — Synonyms and related words: affecting, affective, afflictive, beggarly, beneath contempt, bitter, bleak, cheap, cheerless, cheesy, comfortless, common, contemptible, crummy, deplorable, depressing, depressive, despicable, discomforting, dismal,… …
37pathetic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. piteous, pitiable, saddening, touching; distressing, heartrending, sad; pitiful. See pain, badness, pity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Affecting] Syn. touching, affecting, moving; see moving 2 ,… …
38pathetic — pa·thet·ic || pÉ™ θetɪk adj. moving, touching; pitiable, pitiful, arousing compassion …
39pathetic — adjective 1》 arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness. 2》 informal miserably inadequate. 3》 archaic relating to the emotions. Derivatives pathetically adverb Origin C16: via late L. from Gk pathētikos sensitive , based on pathos …
40pathetic — a. Affecting, touching, moving, melting, tender, plaintive …
