"pathetic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pəˈθɛtɪk/ Audio: en-us-pathetic.ogg Forms: more pathetic [comparative], most pathetic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛtɪk Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|pathétique}} Middle French pathétique, {{uder|en|la|patheticus}} Latin patheticus, {{uder|en|grc|παθητικός||subject to feeling, capable of feeling, impassioned}} Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, “subject to feeling, capable of feeling, impassioned”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} pathetic (comparative more pathetic, superlative most pathetic)
  1. Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos. Synonyms: deplorable, miserable, pathetisad, pitiful, wretched, lamentable Translations (arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion): pateties (Afrikaans), жа́ласны (žálasny) (Belarusian), прочувствен (pročuvstven) (Bulgarian), трогателен (trogatelen) (Bulgarian), commovedor (Catalan), 可憐 (Chinese Mandarin), 可怜 (kělián) (Chinese Mandarin), dojemný (Czech), medynkvækkende (Danish), sørgelig (Danish), ynkelig (Danish), meelijwekkend (Dutch), zielig (Dutch), deerniswekkend (Dutch), liigutav (Estonian), säälittävä (Finnish), pathétique (French), ამაღელვებელი (amaɣelvebeli) (Georgian), gefühlvoll (German), rührend (German), mitleiderregend (German), bemitleidenswert (German), συγκινητικός (sygkinitikós) (Greek), αξιολύπητος (axiolýpitos) (Greek), παθητικός (pathitikós) (Greek), קורע לב (koréa lev) (english: literally: heart tearing) (Hebrew), szánalmas (Hungarian), payah (Indonesian), patetico (Italian), かわいそうな (kawaisō-na) (Japanese), 哀れな (aware-na) (alt: あわれな) (Japanese), 痛ましい (itamashii) (alt: いたましい) (Japanese), miserabilis (Latin), flēbilis (Latin), жа́лосен (žálosen) (Macedonian), жа́лен (žálen) (Macedonian), رقتانگیز (reqqat-angiz) (Persian), żałosny (Polish), patético (Portuguese), patetic (Romanian), emoționant (Romanian), жа́лостный (žálostnyj) (Russian), душераздира́ющий (dušerazdirájuščij) (english: heartbreaking) (Russian), патети́ческий (patetíčeskij) (english: exciting pathos) (Russian), ganljiv (Slovene), patético (Spanish), penoso (Spanish), dokunaklı (Turkish), acıklı (Turkish), жа́лісний (žálisnyj) (Ukrainian), патети́чний (patetýčnyj) (english: exciting pathos) (Ukrainian), פּאַטעטיש (patetish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-pathetic-en-adj-MpbGhwa- Disambiguation of 'arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion': 87 8 3 2
  2. Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy. Synonyms: disgraceful, scornful, shameful, despicable, dishonorable Translations (arousing scorn or contempt): убо́гі (ubóhi) (Belarusian), жалък (žalǎk) (Bulgarian), patètic (Catalan), 可笑 (kěxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), trapný (Czech), ubohý (Czech), žalostný (Czech), ynkelig (Danish), patetisk (Danish), sneu (Dutch), zielig (Dutch), haletsusväärne (Estonian), säälittävä (Finnish), lamentable (French), minable (French), პათეტიკური (ṗateṭiḳuri) (Georgian), erbärmlich (German), jämmerlich (German), peinlich (German), θλιβερός (thliverós) (Greek), οικτρός (oiktrós) (Greek), άθλιος (áthlios) (Greek), κακόμοιρος (kakómoiros) (Greek), פתטי (patéti) (Hebrew), szánalmas (Hungarian), payah (Indonesian), meschino (Italian), penoso (Italian), 情けない (nasakenai) (alt: なさけない) (Japanese), 한심하다 (hansimhada) (Korean), бе́ден (béden) (Macedonian), patetisk (Norwegian Bokmål), patetisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), żałosny (Polish), patético (Portuguese), disperat (Romanian), жа́лкий (žálkij) (Russian), убо́гий (ubógij) (Russian), pomilovanja vreden (Slovene), patético (Spanish), penoso (Spanish), patetisk (Swedish), убо́гий (ubóhyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pathetic-en-adj-hPsGaAUZ Disambiguation of 'arousing scorn or contempt': 14 78 4 4
  3. (obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: mad, seething, angry
    Sense id: en-pathetic-en-adj-v~f1stmI
  4. (anatomy) Trochlear. Categories (topical): Anatomy
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pathetick [archaic], patheticke, pathetique [obsolete] Derived forms: pathetic fallacy, patheticism, pathetic nerve, patheticness, pathetics, un-pathetic Related terms: pathos

Alternative forms

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          "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.",
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          "text": "She held his hand in one of hers, but she too was dozing, and the two made a pretty, or rather a pathetic, picture.",
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          "ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 150:",
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          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
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          "english": "literally: heart tearing",
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          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
          "word": "patético"
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
          "word": "patetic"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
          "word": "emoționant"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žálostnyj",
          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
          "word": "жа́лостный"
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          "english": "heartbreaking",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dušerazdirájuščij",
          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
          "word": "душераздира́ющий"
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          "english": "exciting pathos",
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          "roman": "patetíčeskij",
          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
          "word": "патети́ческий"
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          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
          "word": "ganljiv"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
          "word": "patético"
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        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
          "word": "penoso"
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          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
          "word": "dokunaklı"
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          "word": "acıklı"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "žálisnyj",
          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
          "word": "жа́лісний"
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          "english": "exciting pathos",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "patetýčnyj",
          "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
          "word": "патети́чний"
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          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "patetish",
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          "text": "You can't even run two miles? That’s pathetic.",
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          "text": "You're almost 26 years old and you still can't hold a real job? That's pathetic.",
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          "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.",
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          "ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:",
          "text": "She held his hand in one of hers, but she too was dozing, and the two made a pretty, or rather a pathetic, picture.",
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          "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.",
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          "ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, “The Bishop”, in The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 188:",
          "text": "[H]e was led away to a private sanitarium for mental disease, while in the newspapers appeared pathetic accounts of his mental breakdown and of the saintliness of his character.",
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          "word": "miserable"
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          "word": "pathetisad"
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          "text": "You're almost 26 years old and you still can't hold a real job? That's pathetic.",
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          "ref": "2005, In Her Shoes:",
          "text": "Well you'd better think of something because middle-aged tramps aren't cute, they're pathetic.",
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          "ref": "2014 November 2, Tim Carvell [et al.], “State Legislatures and ALEC”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 23, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:",
          "text": "Look, I-I hate to sound like Billy Baldwin’s agent, but you can’t just copy everything that ALEC does! It’s pathetic!”",
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          "word": "shameful"
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          "word": "despicable"
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          "ref": "1894, A. M. Clarke, The Life of Saint Francis Borgia, page 95:",
          "text": "On a certain Good Friday, in what year we are not told, an especially moving and pathetic sermon was preached in the Cathedral by Father John Texeda, upon the sufferings of our Lord.",
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          "word": "angry"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "pateties"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "žálasny",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "жа́ласны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pročuvstven",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "прочувствен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trogatelen",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "трогателен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "commovedor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "可憐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kělián",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "可怜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "dojemný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "medynkvækkende"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "sørgelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "ynkelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "meelijwekkend"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "zielig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "deerniswekkend"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "liigutav"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "säälittävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "pathétique"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "amaɣelvebeli",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "ამაღელვებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "gefühlvoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "rührend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "mitleiderregend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "bemitleidenswert"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sygkinitikós",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "συγκινητικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "axiolýpitos",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "αξιολύπητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pathitikós",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "παθητικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "english": "literally: heart tearing",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "koréa lev",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "קורע לב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "szánalmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "payah"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "patetico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kawaisō-na",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "かわいそうな"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あわれな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aware-na",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "哀れな"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いたましい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "itamashii",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "痛ましい"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "miserabilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "flēbilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "žálosen",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "жа́лосен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "žálen",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "жа́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "reqqat-angiz",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "رقتانگیز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "żałosny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "patético"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "patetic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "emoționant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žálostnyj",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "жа́лостный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "heartbreaking",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dušerazdirájuščij",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "душераздира́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "exciting pathos",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "patetíčeskij",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "патети́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "ganljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "patético"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "penoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "dokunaklı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "acıklı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žálisnyj",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "жа́лісний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "exciting pathos",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "patetýčnyj",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "патети́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "patetish",
      "sense": "arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion",
      "word": "פּאַטעטיש"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ubóhi",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "убо́гі"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žalǎk",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "жалък"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "patètic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kěxiào",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "可笑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "trapný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "ubohý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "žalostný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "ynkelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "patetisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "sneu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "zielig"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "haletsusväärne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "säälittävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "lamentable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "minable"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗateṭiḳuri",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "პათეტიკური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "erbärmlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "jämmerlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "peinlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "thliverós",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "θλιβερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oiktrós",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "οικτρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "áthlios",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "άθλιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kakómoiros",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "κακόμοιρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "patéti",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "פתטי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "szánalmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "payah"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "meschino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "penoso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なさけない",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nasakenai",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "情けない"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hansimhada",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "한심하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "béden",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "бе́ден"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "patetisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "patetisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "żałosny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "word": "patético"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "arousing scorn or contempt",
      "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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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.