Pathetic: alternatives and connections

Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.

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Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.

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Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…

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Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…

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Piety.

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Piety.

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Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid.

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Very unhappy; wretched.

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Producing misfortune.

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Pious; devout.

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Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchednes…

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Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

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Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

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Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior.

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Happy; fortunate; blessed.

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Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

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