Pathetic word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "pathetic" word

[adjective] inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
[adjective] inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
[adjective] deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

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\Pa*thet"ic\, a. [L. patheticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, to suffer: cf. F. path['e]tique. See {Pathos}.] 1. Expressing or showing anger; passionate. [Obs.] 2. Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story. ``Pathetic action.'' --Macaulay. No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic. --E. Porter. {Pathetic muscle} (Anat.), the superior oblique muscle of the eye. {Pathetic nerve} (Anat.), the fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye. {The pathetic}, a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.

Synonyms for pathetic

contemptible, hapless, miserable, misfortunate, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, ridiculous, silly, undignified, unfortunate, wretched

Related terms: beggarly, beneath contempt, bleak, cheap, comfortless, crummy, despicable, discomforting, distressing, dolorogenic, dolorous, dreary, emotive, heartrending, measly, meretricious, moving, piteous, saddening, scrubby, shabby, sharp

The fun area, different aproach to word »pathetic«

Let's analyse "pathetic" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Three syllables and Three vowels. 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: CITEHTAP. Average typing speed for these characters is 2180 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .--. .- - .... . - .. -.-.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: pathetic: 1 + 5 + 9 = 15, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: pathetic: 7 + 1 + 2 + 8 + 5 + 2 + 9 + 3 = 37, reduced: 1, and the final result is One.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
H (1)	8	Strength	Couragous, Faithful, Caring
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
P (1)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
T (2)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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