PATHETIC
\pɐθˈɛtɪk], \pɐθˈɛtɪk], \p_ɐ_θ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of PATHETIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
By Princeton University
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Pathetically.
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Affecting the tender emotions: touching.
By Daniel Lyons
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Pathetically.
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Touching the feelings; arousing compassion. pathetical.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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