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pathetic

/puh-thet-ik/US // pəˈθɛt ɪk //UK // (pəˈθɛtɪk) //

可悲,可怜的,悲惨的,悲哀

Related Words

poignant凄美的,凄婉的,凄惨的,凄美feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱woeful凄惨的,悲惨的,悲哀的,悲哀heartbreaking惊心动魄,令人心碎的,惊心动魄的,令人心碎miserable悲惨的,凄惨的,凄惨,悲惨的事pitiful可怜的人,可怜的,悲惨的,凄惨的deplorable可悲的,可悲,遗憾的是,恶劣的sorry对不起,抱歉,遗憾的是distressing苦恼,忧虑,困扰,忧伤heartrending痛心疾首,痛心,痛心的,痛心疾首的inadequate不够,不足,不足的,不够的lamentable可悲的是,可叹的,可叹的是,可悲的meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的melting融化,熔化,熔解,溶化moving挪动,搬家,迁居,迁徙paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎piteous凄惨的,凄惨,悲哀的,哀伤的plaintive凄惨的,哀怨的,朴素的,凄惨poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: Conditions at the refugee camp were far more pathetic than anything our training had prepared us for.
    • : Informal. miserably or contemptibly inadequate: In return for our investment we get a pathetic three percent interest. The carpenter we hired is pathetic.
    • : Archaic. pertaining to, caused by, or affecting the emotions: pathetic outbursts.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.sad, affecting
Synonyms
deplorable可悲的,可悲,遗憾的是,恶劣的feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱heartbreaking惊心动魄,令人心碎的,惊心动魄的,令人心碎miserable悲惨的,凄惨的,凄惨,悲惨的事pitiful可怜的人,可怜的,悲惨的,凄惨的poignant凄美的,凄婉的,凄惨的,凄美sorry对不起,抱歉,遗憾的是woeful凄惨的,悲惨的,悲哀的,悲哀commiserable可悲的,可悲的是,可悲,悲惨的distressing苦恼,忧虑,困扰,忧伤heartrending痛心疾首,痛心,痛心的,痛心疾首的inadequate不够,不足,不足的,不够的lamentable可悲的是,可叹的,可叹的是,可悲的meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的melting融化,熔化,熔解,溶化moving挪动,搬家,迁居,迁徙paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎piteous凄惨的,凄惨,悲哀的,哀伤的pitiable可怜的人,悲惨的,可怜的,悲惨plaintive凄惨的,哀怨的,朴素的,凄惨poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷puny弱小的,弱小,矮小的,弱不禁风rueful感慨万千,感慨万分,感慨地说,悲痛欲绝tender嫩,嫩的,嫩芽,嫩模touching触摸,触摸的,感人的,感人useless无用的,无用,没有用的,毫无用处worthless一文不值,一文不值的,一钱不值,无用的wretched凄惨的,惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,凄惨

Examples

  • There are some mattresses on the ground and a pathetic amount of necessities.

  • Part of the fun of declaring yourself being based is getting to label the other side as weak, wrong and pathetic — and, well, cringe.

  • This concept was just as sexist, but it at least recognized that women were powerful rather than pathetic.

  • The story Dobbs tells is, by turns, hilarious, pathetic and infuriating.

  • In the show, the joke is meant to be at Michael’s expense — look at this pathetic man, newly single and so desperate for love that he would settle for a woman he can’t even identify.

  • And we can listen to the pathetic, creepy bravado of a former vice president, wrong on nearly every decision he made.

  • But this had to be one of the most pathetic presidential wardrobes in American history.

  • Telling people that you knew her when would just be pathetic.

  • Fortunately, they are drawn from a pathetic preterite far beneath the contempt of our cultural elite.

  • Conning people into buying a book to prepare for an "Ebola apocalypse" is not just irresponsible, it's pathetic.

  • Tressan fell suddenly to groaning and wringing his hands a pathetic figure had it been less absurd.

  • The observer might well remain perplexed at the pathetic discord between human work and human wants.

  • It is curious to note children's first manifestations of a sense of the pathetic and the comic as represented in art.

  • He was fond of the pathetic, but the humorous moved him most, and his lively gifts were welcome wherever we went.

  • In spite of his brilliant career, Bernadotte must ever remain one of the most pathetic figures in history.

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