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Definition of pathetic : 1. Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story.
2. Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

Synonyms:

lightheaded, suffering, paltry, absurd, contemptible, farcical, nonsensical, hapless, inadequate, unworthy, goofy, light-headed, idiotic, cockamamie, vile, ludicrous, featherbrained, mournful, wacky, preposterous, derisory, cockeyed, touching, giddy, sorrowful, cockamamy, unfortunate, scummy, misfortunate, base, sappy, whacky, airheaded, silly, distressing, dizzy, execrable, sad, ugly, punch-drunk, sorry, measly, empty-headed, slimy, feeble, rueful, despicable, moving, laughable, affecting, pity, low-down, ruthful, woful, short, low, woeful, ridiculous, wretched, slaphappy, abject, deplorable, scurvy, worthless, zany, undignified, poor

pitiable, miserable, pitiful, tear-jerking, lamentable, piteous, heart-rending, forlorn

Usage examples:

• " But I have tried to improve; I have worked very hard, I thought it would please you, and that you would be glad to find me different- and I am different," she added, with a sudden pathetic change in her voice. - "My Little Lady", Eleanor Frances Poynter.
• The letter, for it was much more than a note of invitation, was cordial, and in parts pathetic. - "The Late Mrs. Null", Frank Richard Stockton.
• Since half- past three had Rufus sat in the porch, blinking away positive sleep, with his pathetic face towards the road down which Master Swift must come. - "Jan of the Windmill", Juliana Horatia Ewing.