pathetic
معنی فارسی
رقت انگيز تاثراور موثر احساساتي ناشي احساسات
معنی کامل و مثالها
/pǝ thet´ik/adj.
● (به وجود آورندهی همدردی یا دلسوزی یا حزن) اندوهانگیز، حزن انگیز، رقت انگیز، اسفناک، تاثرانگیز، افسوس انگیز، دریغ انگیز
the pathetic cries of a woman whose child had been run over by a car
فریادهای حزن آفرین زنی که فرزندش زیر ماشین رفته بود
the pathetic conditions in some government offices
وضع اسف بار برخی از ادارات دولتی
● سزاوار ترحم، بدبخت، نگون بخت
she looked old and pathetic
او به نظر پیر و قابل ترحم بود.
● بسیار بد (pathetical هم میگویند)
a pathetic speech
یک نطق بسیار بد
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From French 'pathétique', from Late Latin 'patheticus', from Greek 'pathētikos', from 'pathos' meaning 'suffering'.
مثال
- The abandoned puppy looked so pathetic.
- Her attempts to win him back were pathetic.
- He made a pathetic attempt at singing.
ترکیبهای رایج
Pathetic attempt Pathetic excuse Pathetic display Pathetic performance
تعریف انگلیسی
- deserving or inciting pity “a hapless victim” “miserable victims of war” “the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy” “piteous appeals for help” “pitiable homeless children” “a pitiful fate” “Oh, you poor thing” “his poor distorted limbs” “a wretched life”
- inspiring mixed contempt and pity “their efforts were pathetic” “pitiable lack of character” “pitiful exhibition of cowardice”
- inspiring scornful pity “how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett”
مترادفها
adjective
Affecting, touching, moving, melting, tender, plaintive.