pathetically
4
5.1
- adverb
- /pəˈθɛtɪkli/
:
lastimosamente
- Then her mouth quivered pathetically.
- sobs pathetically
- cried pathetically
- pathetically grateful
Examples
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Her hair has fallen pathetically over her forehead, and there is no light in her eyes anymore.
Fiction book (1994) -
I looked at the crowd, seeing faces I knew, those I didn't, all wrinkled in grief and pity as they gazed at her pathetically small casket, and the minister spoke in solemn tones about resurrection and rebirth.
Fiction book (1995) -
I remember watching them on late summer evenings, Matt pathetically trying to hit the ball, catch it, or even just throw it.
Fiction book (2002) -
Stripped of clothes, she looked pathetically thin.
Fiction book (1990) -
Well, I've been pathetically slow learning that lesson.
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He'd been loyal and worked hard, almost pathetically grateful for the job Dumont had given him.
Fiction book (1992) -
Again I'm ashamed to admit it, but I felt my heart leap when Cornwall lost the scent and stared pathetically at us.
Fiction book (2002) -
The child is pathetically left orphaned as the story gestures toward poetic justice, leaving Monsieur Gardie to die in agony by his own hand.
Academic text (2016) -
The abandoned puppy looked pathetically at us, hoping for help and a warm home.
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After losing the match, he sat on the bench, feeling pathetically defeated and alone.
Synonyms
53
1.0
In an unhappy way because you feel upset
9
3.2
With tears to show that someone feels sad
6
3.3
In a way that makes people feel sorry for someone or something
6
5.8
In a sad, quiet way that shows someone is unhappy
5
6.6
In a way that shows deep pain or longing
5
7.0
In a way that makes you feel moved or very sad
4
4.7
In a sad way that shows grief
4
6.7
In a sad, soft way that sounds like crying
2
5.1
In a way that makes you feel sad or moved
2
6.5
In a sad, disappointed way
1
4.6
In a sad way that shows a person is sorry
1
7.1
In a sad way that makes people feel sorry
1
5.3
In a way that shows you feel sorry for someone
1
7.2
In a sad way that shows you are unhappy
1
6.9
In a way that makes people feel sorry for someone
1
7.5
In a way that shows great loneliness and sadness
In a sad and thoughtful way
In a very sad way
Antonyms
How Pitiful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pathetically comes from the Greek root pathos meaning 'feeling' or 'suffering', and this is the same root you see in sympathy. So when something is done 'pathetically' in the second sense, it means it moves people to pity or sadness, exactly as the root 'feeling' suggests.