Need another word that means the same as “pathetic”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “pathetic” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Pathetic” are: ridiculous, silly, pitiable, pitiful, hapless, miserable, misfortunate, piteous, poor, wretched, moving, touching, poignant, plaintive, stirring, feeble, woeful, sorry, lamentable, deplorable, contemptible, despicable, inadequate, meagre, paltry, insufficient, negligible, insubstantial, unsatisfactory, worthless
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pathetic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| contemptible | Deserving contempt; despicable. A display of contemptible cowardice. |
| deplorable | Of very poor quality or condition. Children living in deplorable conditions. |
| despicable | Morally reprehensible. A despicable crime. |
| feeble | Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness. A feeble voice. |
| hapless | Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. The hapless victims of the disaster. |
| inadequate | Of insufficient quantity to meet a need. A sad solitary inadequate man. |
| insubstantial | Lacking in nutritive value. The huts are relatively few and insubstantial. |
| insufficient | Not enough; inadequate. Insufficient funds. |
| lamentable | (of an event, action, or attitude) unfortunate; regrettable. The industry is in a lamentable state. |
| meagre | Deficient in amount or quality or extent. They were forced to supplement their meagre earnings. |
| miserable | Pitiably small or inadequate. Their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable. |
| misfortunate | Especially of a person: unfortunate. |
| moving | Producing strong emotion, especially sadness or sympathy. She laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter. |
| negligible | Not worth considering. The effect was negligible. |
| paltry | Contemptibly small in amount. A paltry wage. |
| piteous | Deserving or inciting pity. A piteous cry. |
| pitiable | Contemptibly poor or small. Pitiable lack of character. |
| pitiful | Compassionate. Two children in a very pitiful state. |
| plaintive | Expressing sorrow. A plaintive cry. |
| poignant | Arousing affect. Poignant anxiety. |
| poor | Deserving or inciting pity. Many people are eating a very poor diet. |
| ridiculous | Deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd. That ridiculous tartan cap. |
| silly | Denoting fielding positions very close to the batsman. He often drank himself silly. |
| sorry | Bad; unfortunate. I felt sorry for the poor boys working for him. |
| stirring | Capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement. Stirring songs. |
| touching | Arousing feelings of sympathy or gratitude. His gratitude was simple and touching. |
| unsatisfactory | Not giving satisfaction. Shops should take back unsatisfactory goods. |
| woeful | Affected by or full of grief or woe. Woeful errors of judgment. |
| worthless | Lacking in usefulness or value. That promise is worthless. |
| wretched | (of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state. A wretched life. |
| calamitous | Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. A calamitous defeat. |
| catastrophic | Relating to geological catastrophism. The body undergoes catastrophic collapse towards the state of a black hole. |
| defeated | People who are defeated. The defeated enemy. |
| dejected | Affected or marked by low spirits. Is dejected but trying to look cheerful. |
| deplorable | Deserving strong condemnation; completely unacceptable. Children living in deplorable conditions. |
| disastrous | Highly unsuccessful. United made a disastrous start to the season. |
| hapless | Deserving or inciting pity. A hapless victim. |
| inauspicious | Not auspicious; boding ill. This is the inauspicious star of disaster. |
| inferior | An inferior letter figure or symbol. Inferior alveolar artery. |
| lamentable | (of an event, action, or attitude) unfortunate; regrettable. A lamentable decision. |
| loser | A contestant who loses the contest. A ragtag community of rejects and losers. |
| miserable | Deserving or inciting pity. Their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable. |
| mournful | Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief. Her large mournful eyes. |
| moving | In motion. Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or the movies. |
| piteous | Deserving or arousing pity. Piteous appeals for help. |
| pitiable | Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. A pitiable imitation of the real thing. |
| pitiful | Compassionate. A pitiful attempt to impress her. |
| pity | A cause for regret or disappointment. It s a pity he couldn t do it. |
| regrettable | Deserving regret. It s regrettable that she didn t go to college. |
| ruinous | Disastrous or destructive. The castle is ruinous. |
| ruth | A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others. |
| sad | Of things that make you feel sad. Better by far that you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad. |
| sadly | To a regrettable extent; regrettably. His schemes went sadly awry. |
| sadness | The state of being sad. It is one of life s sadnesses. |
| sorry | Feeling regret or penitence. He said he was sorry he had upset me. |
| touching | Arousing affect. His gratitude was simple and touching. |
| tragic | Causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow. A tragic accident. |
| unfortunate | Not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune. An unfortunate turn of events. |
| unlucky | Marked by or promising bad fortune- W.H.Prescott. An unlucky defeat. |
| wretched | Used to express anger or annoyance. I felt so wretched because I thought I might never see you again. |
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