Pathetic
Pathetic (pȧ*thet"ik) , adjective
[Latin patheticus, Greek paqhtiko`s, from paqei^n, pa`schein, to suffer: compare French pathétique. See Pathos.]
1.
Expressing or showing anger; passionate. [Obsolete]
2.
Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story.
Pathetic action.
No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic.
Collocations (3)
Pathetic muscle (Anatomy) , the superior oblique muscle of the eye.
Pathetic nerve (Anatomy) , the fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye.
The pathetic , a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.