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pathetic
adjective as in sad, affecting
Strongest matches
deplorable, feeble, heartbreaking, miserable, pitiful, poignant, sorry, woeful
Weak matches
commiserable, distressing, heartrending, inadequate, lamentable, meager, melting, moving, paltry, petty, piteous, pitiable, plaintive, poor, puny, rueful, tender, touching, useless, worthless, wretched
Example Sentences
"Somebody really needs to get told. I don't know who has passed that but it's pathetic for a million-pound tournament. It really is bad."
Soon, even that pathetic excursion requires more zip than you can muster.
It’s pathetic, dangerous, and shows a total lack of respect for boundaries, safety, and basic human decency.”
A former FBI agent, Kyle Seraphin, publicized the trip and called the taxpayer funded travel in the middle of a shutdown “pathetic.”
One minister said "this is pathetic," while another called the briefings "crazy".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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