Definition
Meaning of 'pathetic'
Meaning of 'pathetic' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Pathetic 
[ a.]
- Expressing or showing anger; passionate. [ a.]- Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story.
Meaning of 'pathetic' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. pathetic [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- deserving or inciting pity
- deserving or inciting pity
Example in sentence:
- a hapless victim;
- a pitiful fate;
- a wretched life;
- his poor distorted limbs;
- miserable victims of war;
- Oh, you poor thing;
- piteous appeals for help;
- pitiable homeless children;
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
Meaning (2):
- inspiring scornful pity
- inspiring scornful pity
Example in sentence:
- how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years
Meaning (3):
- inspiring mixed contempt and pity
- inspiring mixed contempt and pity
Example in sentence:
- pitiable lack of character;
- pitiful exhibition of cowardice;
- their efforts were pathetic
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