pathetic
- (adjective): Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.
- (adjective): Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.
- (adjective): Expressing or showing anger; passionate.
- (adjective): Trochlear.
- The child’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.
- You can't even run two miles? That’s pathetic.