pathétique — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
pathétique is used for these senses in English:
- pathetic Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.
- pathos The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.
pathetic — full definition
- adj Arousing pity or sadness.
- adj So inadequate or feeble as to be contemptible.
pathos — full definition
- noun A quality in something that stirs feelings of pity or sadness.
- noun In rhetoric, an appeal to the audience's emotions to persuade them.