pa ‧ thet ‧ ic /pəˈθetɪk/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: pathétique , from Latin , from Greek , from paschein 'to suffer' ]
1 . something or someone that is pathetic is so useless, unsuccessful, or weak that they annoy you:
You’re pathetic! Here, let me do it.
I know it sounds pathetic now, but at the time I was frightened.
Vic made a pathetic attempt to apologise.
2 . making you feel pity or sympathy:
The child looked a pathetic sight.
—pathetically /-kli/ adverb :
She whimpered pathetically.