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Pathetic vs. Apathetic — What's the Difference?

Pathetic vs. Apathetic — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Pathetic and Apathetic

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Pathetic

Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness
She looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her

Apathetic

Feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.

Pathetic

Miserably inadequate
He's a pathetic excuse for a man

Apathetic

Feeling or showing little or no emotion; unresponsive.

Pathetic

Relating to the emotions.
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Apathetic

Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.

Pathetic

Arousing or deserving of sympathetic sadness and compassion
"The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" (John Galsworthy).

Apathetic

Of, or pertaining to apatheism.

Pathetic

Arousing or deserving of scornful pity.

Apathetic

Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless.

Pathetic

Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.
The child’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.

Apathetic

Showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.

Pathetic

Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.
You can't even run two miles? That’s pathetic.
You're almost 26 years old and you still can't hold a real job? That's pathetic.

Apathetic

Showing little or no emotion or animation;
A woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older

Pathetic

(obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

Apathetic

Marked by a lack of interest;
An apathetic audience
The universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent

Pathetic

(anatomy) Trochlear.

Pathetic

Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

Pathetic

Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story.
No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic.

Pathetic

Deserving or inciting pity;
A hapless victim
Miserable victims of war
The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
Piteous appeals for help
Pitiable homeless children
A pitiful fate
Oh, you poor thing
His poor distorted limbs
A wretched life

Pathetic

Inspiring mixed contempt and pity;
Their efforts were pathetic
Pitiable lack of character
Pitiful exhibition of cowardice

Pathetic

Inspiring scornful pity;
How silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years

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