Usually means: Evoking pity through sadness, inadequacy.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word pathetic:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. pathetic: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. pathetic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pathetic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pathetic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pathetic: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pathetic, pathetic, the pathetic: Wordnik
  7. pathetic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pathetic: Wiktionary
  9. pathetic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. pathetic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. pathetic: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Pathetic, The pathetic, pathetic: Dictionary.com
  13. pathetic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. pathetic: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Pathetic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pathetic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pathetic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. pathetic: Rhymezone
  19. pathetic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. pathetic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. pathetic, the pathetic: Free Dictionary
  22. pathetic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. pathetic: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. The pathetic, pathetic: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. pathetic: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -pathetic: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pathetic: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pathetic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. -pathetic, pathetic: Medical dictionary

(Note: See pathetical as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.
adjective:  Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.
adjective:  (obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.
adjective:  (anatomy) Trochlear.

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