pathetic
arousing pity; weak or inadequate
Root
- path: feeling or suffering
Other words with the path root
- antipathy: strong dislike
- apathy: lack of feeling or concern
- empathy: ability to understand another person's feelings
- pathological: caused by or involving disease; compulsive or unhealthy
- sympathy: shared feeling or compassion
Pathetic began near feeling and suffering: something pathetic pulls pity out of you.
His excuse was so pathetic that even he laughed while saying it.