The definition of pathetic is someone or something that brings or is capable of bringing about feelings of pity or sorrow.
(adjective)See pathetic in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
Origin: LL patheticus < Gr pathētikos, akin to pathos, suffering, pathos
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See pathetic in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
Origin:
Origin: French pathétique
Origin: , from Late Latin pathēticus
Origin: , from Greek pathētikos, sensitive
Origin: , from pathētos, liable to suffer
Origin: , from pathos, suffering; see kwent(h)- in Indo-European roots
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