PATHETIC

• (adj.) inspiring scornful pity

  "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"

  synonyms : ridiculous , silly

  He looked pathetic in his shabby trousers and dirty shirt. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) inspiring mixed contempt and pity

  "their efforts were pathetic", "pitiable lack of character", "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

  synonyms : pitiable , pitiful

  Their feeble efforts seemed rather pathetic. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) deserving or inciting pity

  "a hapless victim", "miserable victims of war", "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic", "piteous appeals for help", "pitiable homeless children", "a pitiful fate", "Oh, you poor thing", "his poor distorted limbs", "a wretched life"

  synonyms : hapless , miserable , misfortunate , piteous , pitiable , pitiful , poor , wretched

  His pathetic appeal failed to reach the ears of many. -added by naila_inlas

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Mnemonics for pathetic

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