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pathetic
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of PATHETIC
[more pathetic; most pathetic]
1
: causing feelings of sadness and sympathy招人怜悯的；可怜的
- I could hear her pathetic [=pitiful] cries for help.我能听到她可怜的呼救声。
- The blind, old dog was a pathetic sight.那只瞎了的老狗样子真可怜。
2
informal + disapproving : very bad, poor, weak, etc.差劲的；拙劣的
- The team was pretty bad last year, but this year they're downright pathetic.这个球队去年表现相当不好，今年则是一团糟。
- The story he told was a pathetic attempt to cover up a lie.他胡乱编造了一个情况妄图掩盖谎言。
- a pathetic excuse牵强的借口
- His car is a pathetic piece of junk.他的车是堆糟糕的废铁。
Example Sentences
The spectacle seen in the theater of the news presented the American President as a failed suppliant instead of a conquering hero—an ailing and pathetic figure dismissed with the smile of pity and the gift of some sweet candies shaped as miniature sculptures of the President's two dogs. 
Lewis H. Lapham, Harper's, March 1992 They were brave, and bravely she served them a pathetic meal of nothing but limitless bowls of little potatoes boiled in their jackets … M. F. K. Fisher, With Bold Knife and Fork, 1969 Her face looked pale and extinguished, as if dimmed by the rich red of her dress. She struck Archer, of a sudden, as a pathetic and even pitiful figure. Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, 1920 The blind, old dog was a pathetic sight. The team was pretty bad last year, but this year they're downright pathetic. The story he told was a pathetic attempt to cover up a lie. His car is a pathetic piece of junk. See More
Lewis H. Lapham, Harper's, March 1992 They were brave, and bravely she served them a pathetic meal of nothing but limitless bowls of little potatoes boiled in their jackets … M. F. K. Fisher, With Bold Knife and Fork, 1969 Her face looked pale and extinguished, as if dimmed by the rich red of her dress. She struck Archer, of a sudden, as a pathetic and even pitiful figure. Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, 1920 The blind, old dog was a pathetic sight. The team was pretty bad last year, but this year they're downright pathetic. The story he told was a pathetic attempt to cover up a lie. His car is a pathetic piece of junk. See More Recent Examples on the Web The Ravens got beat physically, and communication on the back end was pathetic. Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2022 Some was pathetic, like going after pinball parlors. Sam Kean, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 Being more than two inches shorter than me is pathetic, respectfully. Alex Watt, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2022 So their roles—while pathetic and annoying—may also be important. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 4 Sep. 2022 True confessions from a plant reporter and devotee of more than 40 years: My first foray into gardening was a pathetic disaster. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 Currently, e-bikes are trapped in the weird smear between pathetic, loser bicycles and pitiable, low-end motorbikes. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2022 On Christmas Day, Gorbachev resigned, a dignified but pathetic figure, now powerless and reduced to running his foundation and writing his memoirs. Ronald Suny, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2022 What a pathetic episode at a school that already has more than a few issues with which to deal, issues to correct, issues to make right. Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022 See More
Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2022 Some was pathetic, like going after pinball parlors. Sam Kean, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 Being more than two inches shorter than me is pathetic, respectfully. Alex Watt, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2022 So their roles—while pathetic and annoying—may also be important. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 4 Sep. 2022 True confessions from a plant reporter and devotee of more than 40 years: My first foray into gardening was a pathetic disaster. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 Currently, e-bikes are trapped in the weird smear between pathetic, loser bicycles and pitiable, low-end motorbikes. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2022 On Christmas Day, Gorbachev resigned, a dignified but pathetic figure, now powerless and reduced to running his foundation and writing his memoirs. Ronald Suny, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2022 What a pathetic episode at a school that already has more than a few issues with which to deal, issues to correct, issues to make right. Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French pathetique "provoking emotion," borrowed from Late Latin pathēticus "affecting the emotions," borrowed from Greek pathētikós "capable of feeling, emotional, receptive, passive," from pathētós "subject to suffering, liable to external influence" (verbal adjective from the base path- "experience, undergo, suffer") + -ikos -ic entry 1 — more at pathos
First Known Use
1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of pathetic was in 1591 Phrases Containing pathetic
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