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adjective1) (pitiful) mitleiderregend; herzergreifendbe a pathetic sight — ein Bild des Jammers bieten
2) (full of pathos) pathetisch3) (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.)
* * *[pə'Ɵetik]1) (causing pity: The lost dog was a pathetic sight.) bemittleidenswert2) (weak and useless: a pathetic attempt.) kläglich•- academic.ru/89872/pathetically">pathetically* * *pa·thet·ic[pəˈθetɪk, AM -t̬-]1. (heart-rending) Mitleid erregenda \pathetic sight ein Bild des Jammers2. ( pej: pitiful) jämmerlich pej, erbärmlich pej; attempt kläglich; answer, reply dürftig; excuse schwachdon't be so \pathetic! sei nicht so ein Jammerlappen! fam* * *[pə'ɵetɪk]adj1) (= piteous) mitleiderregendthe 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, jämmerlichit's pathetic — es ist zum Weinen or Heulen (inf)
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)* * *pathetic [pəˈθetık] adj (adv pathetically)1. obs pathetisch, übertrieben gefühlvoll2. bemitleidenswert, mitleiderregend:a pathetic sight ein Bild des Jammers4. Br kläglich (Versuch etc), erbärmlich, miserabel (Leistung etc):be pathetic zu nichts zu gebrauchen sein* * *adjective1) (pitiful) mitleiderregend; herzergreifend2) (full of pathos) pathetisch3) (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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