English Dictionary

pathetic

/pəˈθɛtɪk/

adj

Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos. / Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy. / (obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate. / (anatomy) Trochlear.

She looked at him with a pathetic expression, hoping he would understand her pain.

意味（1）

Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.

The child’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.

意味（2）

Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.

You can't even run two miles? That’s pathetic.

意味（3）

(obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

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.

意味（4）

(anatomy) Trochlear.