pathetic

[US]/pəˈθetɪk/
[UK]/pəˈθetɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. lamentable, triste, soso
Word Forms
Pluralpathetics

Example Sentences

that pathetic excuse for a man!.

¿Aquel patético pretexto para un hombre!

a piteous appeal for help.See Synonyms at pathetic

una súplica patética por ayuda. Ver Sinónimos en pathetic

The animal gave a pathetic little whimper.

El animal dio un pequeño gemido patético.

I refused to go along with their pathetic charade.

Me negué a participar en su lamentable farsa.

she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her.

Se veía tan patética que me agaché para consolarla.

pathetic, self-parodying former beauty queens propped up by surgery and cosmetics.

Ex-reinas de belleza patéticas y que se parodian a sí mismas, mantenidas a flote por cirugía y cosméticos.

"The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" (John Galsworthy).

"La vieja y bastante destartalada habitación le pareció extraordinariamente patética" (John Galsworthy).

The chastised child looked at her father with a pathetic, doleful expression.

El niño reprendido miró a su padre con una expresión patética y triste.

Real-world Examples

And needy and pathetic and... kinda hilarious.

Y necesitado y patético y... bastante divertido.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 5

No, everything was not quite that pathetic.

No, no todo era tan patético.

Source: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

I think the way you're trying to rationalize your behavior is pathetic.

Creo que la forma en que estás tratando de racionalizar tu comportamiento es patética.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 6

You don't think that makes me seem a little... -Ross: Desperate, needy, pathetic?

¿No crees que eso me hace parecer un poco... -Ross: Desesperado, necesitado, patético?

Source: Friends Season 1 (Edited Version)

" Pathetic, Weasley, " said Snape, after a while.

"Patético, Weasley", dijo Snape, después de un rato.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

I got to help your pathetic family.

Tuve que ayudar a tu patética familia.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 1 (Bilingual)

This whole thing is really sad and pathetic.

Todo esto es realmente triste y patético.

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

It was just some sad, pathetic lost boy.

Era solo un triste y patético niño perdido.

Source: Out of Control Season 3

Hmm, when I see it outload this sound really pathetic?

¿Hmm, cuando lo veo en voz alta, suena realmente patético?

Source: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

It was actually kind of pathetic.

En realidad, era un poco patético.

Source: Diary of a Little Kid 1: Haunted House Ideas

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