| Main Entry: | pathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad, affecting |
Synonyms: |
commiserable, deplorable, distressing, feeble, heartbreaking, heartrending, inadequate, lamentable, meager, melting, miserable, moving, paltry, petty, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, poignant, poor, puny, rueful, sorry*, tender, touching, useless, woeful, worthless, wretched |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, happy, useful, worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | piteous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miserable, pathetic |
Synonyms: |
beseeching, commiserable, deplorable, distressing, doleful, dolorous, entreating, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, imploring, lamentable, melancholy, mournful, moving, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, poignant, poor, rueful, ruined, sad, sorrowful, supplicating, woeful, wretched |
| Notes: | piteous is generally not used when speaking of people, pitiable means 'able to be pitied,' and pitiful most often means 'insignificant; below contempt' |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, happy |
| Main Entry: | poor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfortunate, unhappy |
Synonyms: |
commiserable, hapless, ill-fated, luckless, miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, rueful, unlucky, wretched |
Antonyms: |
fortunate, great, happy, lucky |