| bathetic | (adj) effusively or insincerely emotional, Syn. mushy, slushy, soppy, hokey, schmalzy, kitschy, maudlin, soupy, drippy, sentimental, schmaltzy, mawkish, Example: a bathetic novel; maudlin expressions of sympathy; mushy effusiveness; a schmaltzy song; sentimental soap operas; slushy poetry |
| pathetic | (adj) inspiring mixed contempt and pity, Syn. pitiable, pitiful, Example: their efforts were pathetic; pitiable lack of character; pitiful exhibition of cowardice |
| pathetic | (adj) inspiring scornful pity; - Dashiell Hammett, Syn. ridiculous, silly, Example: how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years |
| pathetically | (adv) in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion, Syn. pitiably, Example: the sick child cried pathetically |
| pathetically | (adv) arousing scornful pity, Example: they had pathetically little money; it was pathetically bad |
| pathetic fallacy | (n) the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy |
| Bathetic | a. Having the character of bathos. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pathetic | a. [ L. patheticus, Gr. No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic. E. Porter. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Pathetical | a. Pathetic. [ R. ] -- |
| pathetic | (adj) น่าสงสาร, See also: น่าสลดใจ, ซึ่งกระทบจิตใจ, Syn. affecting, miserable, sympathetic, touching |
| pathetic | (adj) ไม่เพียงพอ, See also: แร้นแค้น |
| pathetic | -ประสาททรอเคลียร์, -ประสาทสมองเส้นที่ ๔ [แพทยศาสตร์ ๖ ส.ค. ๒๕๔๔] |
| pathetic fallacy | ความผิดพลาดเหตุอารมณ์ [วรรณกรรม ๖ มี.ค. ๒๕๔๕] |
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