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"word": "pathetic fallacy"
},
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"word": "patheticism"
},
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"word": "pathetic nerve"
},
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"word": "un-pathetic"
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"2": "frm",
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},
"expansion": "Middle French pathétique",
"name": "uder"
},
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"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "patheticus"
},
"expansion": "Latin patheticus",
"name": "uder"
},
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"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "παθητικός",
"4": "",
"5": "subject to feeling, capable of feeling, impassioned"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, “subject to feeling, capable of feeling, impassioned”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
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"2": "παθητός",
"3": "",
"4": "one who has suffered, subject to suffering"
},
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"3": "",
"4": "to suffer"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle French pathétique, from Latin patheticus, from Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, “subject to feeling, capable of feeling, impassioned”), from παθητός (pathētós, “one who has suffered, subject to suffering”), from πάσχω (páskhō, “to suffer”).",
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"form": "more pathetic",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most pathetic",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The child’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1883, George Reynolds, “History of the Book of Mormon: Contents of the Records, II,”, in Contributor",
"text": "We have now arrived at one of the most pathetic and glorious events in the history of Israel, one which sanctifies the Lamanite race with the powers of martyrdom, and, by the blood of the victims, washes its garments white from many a former sin.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 150",
"text": "There was no hospital, or any accommodation for the sick men. Each mate nursed his fellow, and some strikingly pathetic touches of devotion were shown here and there amongst them.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos."
],
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"links": [
[
"pity",
"pity"
],
[
"sympathy",
"sympathy"
],
[
"compassion",
"compassion"
],
[
"pathos",
"pathos"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "80 13 2 4",
"sense": "arousing pity",
"word": "pitiful"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 13 2 4",
"sense": "arousing pity",
"word": "wretched"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 13 2 4",
"sense": "arousing pity",
"word": "miserable"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 13 2 4",
"sense": "arousing pity",
"word": "deplorable"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 13 2 4",
"sense": "arousing pity",
"word": "pathetisad"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "pateties"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "žálasny",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "жа́ласны"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pročuvstven",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "прочувствен"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "trogatelen",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "трогателен"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "commovedor"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "可憐"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kělián",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "可怜"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "dojemný"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "medynkvækkende"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "sørgelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "ynkelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "meelijwekkend"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "zielig"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "deerniswekkend"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "liigutav"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "säälittävä"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "pathétique"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "amaɣelvebeli",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "ამაღელვებელი"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "gefühlvoll"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "rührend"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "mitleiderregend"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "bemitleidenswert"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sygkinitikós",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "συγκινητικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "axiolýpitos",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "αξιολύπητος"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pathitikós",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "παθητικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "he",
"english": "literally: heart tearing",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "koréa lev",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "קורע לב"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "szánalmas"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "patetico"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kawaisō-na",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "かわいそうな"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"alt": "あわれな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aware-na",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "哀れな"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"alt": "いたましい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "itamashii",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "痛ましい"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "miserabilis"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "flēbilis"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "žálosen",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "жа́лосен"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "žálen",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "жа́лен"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "reqqat-angiz",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "رقتانگیز"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "żałosne"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "żałosny"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "patético"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "patetic"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "emoționant"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žálostnyj",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "жа́лостный"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"english": "heartbreaking",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dušerazdirájuščij",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "душераздира́ющий"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"english": "exciting pathos",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "patetíčeskij",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "патети́ческий"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "ganljiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "patético"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "penoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "dokunaklı"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "acıklı"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žálisnyj",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "жа́лісний"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "uk",
"english": "exciting pathos",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "patetýčnyj",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "патети́чний"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 8 3 2",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "patetish",
"sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
"word": "פּאַטעטיש"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can't even run two miles? That’s pathetic."
},
{
"text": "You're almost 26 years old and you still can't hold a real job? That's pathetic."
},
{
"ref": "2005, In Her Shoes",
"text": "Well you'd better think of something because middle-aged tramps aren't cute, they're pathetic.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy."
],
"id": "en-pathetic-en-adj-hPsGaAUZ",
"links": [
[
"scorn",
"scorn"
],
[
"contempt",
"contempt"
],
[
"inadequacy",
"inadequacy"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "18 74 3 5",
"sense": "arousing scorn",
"word": "disgraceful"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 74 3 5",
"sense": "arousing scorn",
"word": "shameful"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 74 3 5",
"sense": "arousing scorn",
"word": "despicable"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 74 3 5",
"sense": "arousing scorn",
"word": "dishonorable"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ubóhi",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "убо́гі"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žalǎk",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "жалък"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "patètic"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kěxiào",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "可笑"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "trapný"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "ubohý"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "žalostný"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "ynkelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "patetisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "sneu"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "zielig"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "haletsusväärne"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "säälittävä"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "lamentable"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "minable"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗateṭiḳuri",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "პათეტიკური"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "erbärmlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "jämmerlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "peinlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "thliverós",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "θλιβερός"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oiktrós",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "οικτρός"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "áthlios",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "άθλιος"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakómoiros",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "κακόμοιρος"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "patéti",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "פתטי"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "szánalmas"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "meschino"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "penoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"alt": "なさけない",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nasakenai",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "情けない"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hansimhada",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "한심하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "béden",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "бе́ден"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "patetisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "patetisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "żałosny"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "patético"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "disperat"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žálkij",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "жа́лкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubógij",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "убо́гий"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "pomilovanja vreden"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "patético"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "penoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "patetisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 4 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ubóhyj",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "убо́гий"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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"word": "disperat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žálkij",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "жа́лкий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubógij",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "убо́гий"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "pomilovanja vreden"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "patético"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "penoso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "patetisk"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ubóhyj",
"sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
"word": "убо́гий"
}
],
"word": "pathetic"
}
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