pathetic
[adjective]
Synonyms: sad, affecting, distressing, heart-rending, moving, pitiable, plaintive, poignant, tender, touching

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pa‧thet‧ic /pəˈθetɪk/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: pathétique, from Latin, from Greek, from paschein 'to suffer']

1. something or someone that is pathetic is so useless, unsuccessful, or weak that they annoy you:
You’re pathetic! Here, let me do it.
I know it sounds pathetic now, but at the time I was frightened.
Vic made a pathetic attempt to apologise.

2. making you feel pity or sympathy:
The child looked a pathetic sight.
—pathetically /-kli/ adverb:
She whimpered pathetically.

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