synonym for pathetic
English Collins Dictionary-English synonyms & Thesaurus &nbsp. pathetic 1 adj If you describe a person or animal as pathetic, you mean that they are sad and weak or helpless, and they make you feel very sorry for them. The small group of onlookers presented a pathetic sight..., She now looked small, shrunken and pathetic. â¦ pathetically adv. She was pathetically thin.