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pathetics /pə'θetiks/

Anh-Việt Anh-Anh Đồng nghĩa

Danh từ, số nhiều dùng như số ít

tính chất gợi cảm

thể văn thống thiết
adjective

[more ~; most ~]

causing feelings of sadness and sympathy

I could hear her pathetic [=pitiful] cries for help.

The blind, old dog was a pathetic sight.

informal + disapproving :very bad, poor, weak, etc.

The team was pretty bad last year, but this year they're downright pathetic.

The story he told was a pathetic attempt to cover up a lie.

a pathetic excuse

His car is a pathetic piece of junk.
adjective

The boat people told a pathetic tale of the hardship of weeks in the open sea

moving

stirring

affecting

affective

touching

emotional

emotive

poignant

tragic

heart-rending

heart-breaking

pitiful

pitiable

piteous

plaintive

wretched

miserable

sorrowful

grievous

sad

doleful

dolorous

mournful

woeful

lamentable

He made a pathetic effort to pull himself together. A return of three per cent a year is pathetic

meagre

paltry

feeble

inadequate

poor

petty

puny

sorry

piddling

Colloq measly

Slang crummy