pathetic 音标拼音: [pəθ'ɛtɪk]
a . 悲哀的,可怜的,感伤的
悲哀的,可怜的,感伤的
pathetic adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
hapless }, {
miserable },
{
misfortunate }, {
pathetic }, {
piteous }, {
pitiable },
{
pitiful }, {
poor }, {
wretched }]
2 :
inspiring mixed contempt and pity ; "
their efforts were pathetic "; "
pitiable lack of character "; "
pitiful exhibition of cowardice " [
synonym : {
pathetic }, {
pitiable }, {
pitiful }]
3 :
inspiring scornful pity ; "
how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years "-
Dashiell Hammett [
synonym : {
pathetic }, {
ridiculous },
{
silly }]
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a . [
L .
patheticus ,
Gr .
paqhtiko `
s ,
fr .
paqei ^
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schein ,
to suffer :
cf .
F .
path ['
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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 pathos ;
as ,
a pathetic song or story .
"
Pathetic action ." --
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic . --
E .
Porter .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Pathetic muscle } (
Anat .),
the superior oblique muscle of the eye .
{
Pathetic nerve } (
Anat .),
the fourth cranial ,
or trochlear ,
nerve ,
which supplies the superior oblique ,
or pathetic ,
muscle of the eye .
{
The pathetic },
a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions .
[
1913 Webster ]
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pathetic ":
affecting ,
affective ,
afflictive ,
beggarly ,
beneath contempt ,
bitter ,
bleak ,
cheap ,
cheerless ,
cheesy ,
comfortless ,
common ,
contemptible ,
crummy ,
deplorable ,
depressing ,
depressive ,
despicable ,
discomforting ,
dismal ,
dismaying ,
distressful ,
distressing ,
doleful ,
dolorific ,
dolorogenic ,
dolorous ,
dreary ,
emotional ,
emotive ,
feeble ,
gaudy ,
gimcracky ,
grievous ,
heartrending ,
inadequate ,
joyless ,
lamentable ,
mean ,
measly ,
meretricious ,
miserable ,
mournful ,
moving ,
painful ,
paltry ,
petty ,
piddling ,
piteous ,
pitiable ,
pitiful ,
plaintive ,
poignant ,
poor ,
puny ,
regrettable ,
rubbishy ,
rueful ,
sad ,
saddening ,
scrubby ,
scruffy ,
scummy ,
scurvy ,
scuzzy ,
shabby ,
sharp ,
shoddy ,
sore ,
sorrowful ,
sorry ,
stirring ,
touching ,
tragic ,
trashy ,
trumpery ,
two -
for -
a -
cent ,
two -
for -
a -
penny ,
twopenny ,
twopenny -
halfpenny ,
uncomfortable ,
valueless ,
vile ,
woebegone ,
woeful ,
worthless ,
wretched
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