The root of "pathetic" comes from the Greek word "pathos," which means suffering or feeling. In this context, "pathetic" refers to something that is pitiful or deserving of sympathy due to its inadequacy or ridiculousness.
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To begin with pathetic is an adjective that means "sad". Similar words that mean sad include miserable, deplorable, useless, worthless, meager and pitiful to name a few.
The word sought may be the adjective pathetic (sad, pitiful).A similar word is prophetic (foretelling, of an omen).
There is the archaic word "wretched" which implies pathetic and miserable. Another word that comes to mind is "hopeless" or even hopelessly pathetic.
Pitiful means sad and pathetic.
Laughable = Pathetic, Pitiful, Absurd, Preposterous, Ludicrous, Mediocre, Rdiculous
The word 'pathétique' means moving, pathetic. The word 'pathetic' refers to being capable of, evoking, or marked by strong emotions such as melancholy, pity, sadness, sorrow, suffering, sympathy, tenderness. It therefore may be rendered as affecting, passionate, pitiable, or sad.
Wretched, miserable, hopeless, pathetic, pitiful are all synonyms for abject
· pathetic · petty · pitiful · plump