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.