pathetic
adjective
- 1
inspiring scornful pity
how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
- 2
inspiring mixed contempt and pity
their efforts were pathetic
pitiable lack of character
- 3
deserving or inciting pity
a hapless victim
miserable victims of war
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