Textual thesaurus for "pathetic"

(adj) ridiculous, silly

inspiring scornful pity

how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years- Dashiell Hammett

(adj) pitiable, pitiful

inspiring mixed contempt and pity

their efforts were pathetic; pitiable lack of character; pitiful exhibition of cowardice

(adj) hapless, poor, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched, miserable, misfortunate

deserving or inciting pity

a hapless victim; miserable victims of war; the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic- Galsworthy; piteous appeals for help; pitiable homeless children; a pitiful fate; Oh, you poor thing; his poor distorted limbs; a wretched life