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patheticness

patheticness

1 7.0
A quality of seeming weak that makes people feel sorry or look down on someone
  • noun
  • /pəˈθɛtɪk.nəs/
  • Offensive
translation icon : patetismo

Examples

  • Their weakness and patheticness I find abhorrent.

  • Don't even get me started on the patheticness of ****** like NASCAR, WWE, etc.

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  • The patheticness of his excuses made everyone roll their eyes in disappointment.

  • She faced the patheticness of her situation with a brave smile, despite feeling defeated.

  • His patheticness during the competition revealed how unprepared he really was.

Synonyms

lameness
vspatheticness
  • Slang
1 6.2

A weak, unconvincing argument or excuse

focuses more on being weak and evoking pity, not just a defect
piteousness
vspatheticness
  • Literature
1 8.3

A quality that makes people feel pity

describes inner weakness or inadequacy, not only causing pity
poorness
vspatheticness
1 5.3

A state of having low quality or too little of something

emphasizes pitiable weakness or scornful inadequacy rather than mere lack
paltriness
vspatheticness
1 9.0

A small, unimportant thing or amount that seems unfair and of little value

relates to weakness that invites pity or contempt, not just smallness
pitifulness
vspatheticness
5.4

A situation of weakness or suffering that makes people feel sorry

can also suggest weakness that provokes scorn as well as sympathy

Antonyms

strength
∞ 1.2

Physical or mental power a person has to act

competence
69 4.1

Ability to do a task well because of skill and knowledge

How Pathetic

patheticness
  • Offensive
1 7.0
weakness
133 1.4

Surface Forms

patheticness singular
patheticnesses plural

Morphology

patheticness = pathetic (transparent) = pathetic + ness

Productive nominalization from the adjective 'pathetic' using the regular suffix '-ness', yielding the state or quality of being pathetic.

Etymology

Patheticness comes from an old Greek word pathos, which means 'feeling' or 'suffering', and you can see the same root in sympathy and empathy. So something pathetic makes you feel pity or seems weak, and patheticness is that quality.