English-Portuguese translations for pathetic

• patético
  Na minha opinião, é um pouco patético. That is, I think, a touch pathetic.
  O estado actual desta questão é patético. The current status of this issue is pathetic.
  Daí o súbito e comovedor consenso em torno deste regulamento patético. Hence the sudden, oh-so touching agreement on this pathetic regulation.

Definition of pathetic

• Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion
• Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy
• Expressing or showing anger; passionate

Examples

• The child’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.
• You cant even run two miles? That’s pathetic.
• Youre almost 26 years old and you still cant hold a real job? Thats pathetic.

Related words

• sympathetic
• apathetic
• sympathetically
• empathetically
• apathetically
• empathetic
• parasympathetic
• unsympathetic
• asympathetic