Pathetic

German Meaning

rührend

armselig

jämmerlich

kläglich

mitleiderregend

traurig

miserabel

dürftig

mickerig

English Meaning

  1. Arousing or capable of arousing sympathetic sadness and compassion: "The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic” ( John Galsworthy).
  2. Arousing or capable of arousing scornful pity.