pathetic

pathetic
adjective
1) (pitiful) mitleiderregend; herzergreifend

be a pathetic sight — ein Bild des Jammers bieten

2) (full of pathos) pathetisch
3) (contemptible) armselig [Entschuldigung]; erbärmlich [Darbietung, Rede, Person, Leistung]

you're/it's pathetic — du bist ein hoffnungsloser Fall/es ist wirklich ein schwaches Bild (ugs.)

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[pə'Ɵetik]
adjective
1) (causing pity: The lost dog was a pathetic sight.) bemittleidenswert
2) (weak and useless: a pathetic attempt.) kläglich
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pa·thet·ic
[pəˈθetɪk, AM -t̬-]
adj
1. (heart-rending) Mitleid erregend
a \pathetic sight ein Bild des Jammers
2. (pej: pitiful) jämmerlich pej, erbärmlich pej; attempt kläglich; answer, reply dürftig; excuse schwach
don't be so \pathetic! sei nicht so ein Jammerlappen! fam
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[pə'ɵetɪk]
adj
1) (= piteous) mitleiderregend

the exhausted refugees made a pathetic sight — die erschöpften Flüchtlinge boten ein Bild des Jammers

it was pathetic to see — es war ein Bild des Jammers

2) (= poor) erbärmlich, jämmerlich

it's pathetic — es ist zum Weinen or Heulen (inf)

what a pathetic bunch they are! — oh, was ist das für ein jämmerlicher Haufen!

honestly you're pathetic, can't you even boil an egg? — ehrlich, dich kann man zu nichts brauchen, kannst du nicht einmal ein Ei kochen?

3)

the pathetic fallacy — die Vermenschlichung der Natur

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pathetic [pəˈθetık] adj (adv pathetically)
1. obs pathetisch, übertrieben gefühlvoll
2. bemitleidenswert, mitleiderregend:
a pathetic sight ein Bild des Jammers
3. the pathetic fallacy die Vermenschlichung der Natur (in der Literatur etc)
4. Br kläglich (Versuch etc), erbärmlich, miserabel (Leistung etc):
be pathetic zu nichts zu gebrauchen sein
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adjective
1) (pitiful) mitleiderregend; herzergreifend

be a pathetic sight — ein Bild des Jammers bieten

2) (full of pathos) pathetisch
3) (contemptible) armselig [Entschuldigung]; erbärmlich [Darbietung, Rede, Person, Leistung]

you're/it's pathetic — du bist ein hoffnungsloser Fall/es ist wirklich ein schwaches Bild (ugs.)

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adj.
pathetisch adj.
rührend adj.
trauig adj.

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