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patheticadjective(SAD)C2causingfeelingsofsadness,sympathy, or sometimeslackofrespect,especiallybecause apersonor ananimalissuffering: 招人怜悯的，可怜的 Therefugeeswere a patheticsight-starving,frightenedandcold.难民看起来实在可怜——饥寒交迫，担惊受怕。 After theaccidenthebecamea patheticfigure, ashadowof hisformerself.事故后他成了一个可怜人，与之前判若两人。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesSympathy & compassion - aw
- bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
- better luck next timeidiom
- bleeding heart
- cheese
- hard/tough cheese!idiom
- heart-wrenching
- heart-wrenchingly
- pitiful
- pitifully
- pitifulness
- pity
- poor
- relate
- sensitivity
- sympathetic
- sympathize
- sympathy
- yourheart achesidiom
- yourheart goes out tosomeoneidiom
See more results » patheticadjective(UNSUCCESSFUL)C2disapprovingunsuccessfulorshowingnoability,effort, orbravery, so thatpeoplefeelnorespect: 无用的；差劲的；懦弱的 a patheticattempt/joke/excuse无用的尝试／差劲的笑话／蹩脚的借口 Are youtellingme you'refrightenedtospeakto her? Don't be so pathetic!你是在说你不敢跟她讲话吗？别太窝囊了！ Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplesnot producing a desired result - unsuccessfulOur attempts to change the law were unsuccessful.
- failedThe company went bankrupt pouring money into yet another failed product.
- badSales have been really bad this quarter.
- fruitlessAll our pleas that she remain in university were fruitless - she left anyway.
- unfruitfulThe negotiations were unfruitful.
See more results » SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesUseless and futile - a mug's gameidiom
- adrift
- aimless
- aimlessly
- aimlessness
- airy-fairy
- frivolous
- frivolousness
- fruitless
- fruitlessly
- fruitlessness
- moon around
- motiveless
- negate
- negation
- unfruitful
- unrealistic
- unrealistically
- untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
- unviability
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: pathetic| American Dictionarypatheticadjective(SAD)causingfeelingsofsadnessorsympathy: Ithinkit’s pathetic that onlyhalfof theeligiblevoterstendtovote. patheticadjective(UNSUCCESSFUL)unsuccessful,useless, orworthless: a patheticexcuse Bernie’shittingwasprettypathetic! Examplesofpatheticpathetic We begin with "our naked shivering nature," an almostpatheticpresence.From theCambridge English Corpus The poem also nods towards the bucolic realm in its use of thepatheticfallacy, where elements of nature are imbued with feeling.From theCambridge English Corpus A small band of man-apes are on the long,patheticroad to racial extinction.From theCambridge English Corpus The ingrates, formerly beautiful women, must now live aspatheticand horrifyingly ugly souls because they scorned their suitors.From theCambridge English Corpus The baritone's role as protagonist was regarded as unusually challenging, requiring a gamut of emotions from the noble and majestic to thepatheticand vulnerable.From theCambridge English Corpus Thepathetictone of this work is exceptional.From theCambridge English Corpus I was amazed at the beautifullypatheticstory he had made of it.From theCambridge English Corpus Instead of a consolidated bibliography, the reader is given apathetictwo-page guide to further reading.From theCambridge English Corpus It ispatheticto discuss whether we ration, we always do everywhere : the issue is not whether but how to ration.From theCambridge English Corpus If you do, you are either saintly orpathetic.From theCambridge English Corpus In this sense, recognition of the era of recording is not a pre-requisite for memory material to produce apatheticengagement.From theCambridge English Corpus The belief in technical and legal engineering, especially before independence, is often extreme, if notpathetic.From theCambridge English Corpus Two such examples of realistic and 'pathetic' racial film melodramas were released in 1915 with an unprecedented nationwide success.From theCambridge English Corpus The equivalent point in the finale (from bar 76) presents another kind of free vocalizing, like a purely melodic cadenza inpatheticstyle.From theCambridge English Corpus Seen from this angle, the castrati were, so to speak, turned inside out; no longer simply monstrous, they becamepathetic, endowed with feelings.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |