- 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.
- miserably or contemptibly inadequate: In return for our investment we get a pathetic three percent interest. The carpenter we hired is pathetic.
- pertaining to, caused by, or affecting the emotions: pathetic outbursts.
- evoking or expressing pity, sympathy, etc
- distressingly inadequate
- ludicrously or contemptibly uninteresting or worthless
- of or affecting the feelings
- pathetic sentiments
