pathetic

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  • February 10. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    pathetic adjective english

    deserving or inciting pity; "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"

  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    pathetic adjective english

    inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    pathetic adjective english

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