Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - pathetic
Связанные словари
Pathetic
pathetic
adjective Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French pathetique, from Late Latin ~us, from Greek pathetikos capable of feeling, ~, from paschein (aorist pathein) to experience, suffer — more at pathos Date: 1598 1. having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity 2. marked by sorrow or melancholy ; sad 3. pitifully inferior or inadequate the restaurant's ~ service 4. absurd, laughable a ~ costume Synonyms: see moving • ~al adjective • ~ally adverb
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
1.
adj. 1 arousing pity or sadness or contempt. 2 Brit. colloq. miserably inadequate. 3 archaic of the emotions. Phrases and idioms pathetic fallacy the attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things, esp. in art and literature. Derivatives pathetically adv. Etymology: F path{eacute}tique f. LL patheticus f. Gk pathetikos (as PATHOS) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. трогательный; жалостный in a pathetic voice —- жалостным голосом pathetic sight —- трогательное зрелище pathetic creature —- жалкое создание pathetic fate —- несчастная судьба pathetic face —- трагическое лицо a lost child is pathetic —- потерявшийся ребенок вызывает жалость their parting was pathetic —- их расставание было очень трогательным 2. жалкий, безнадежный pathetic attempts —- жалкие попытки 3. уст. патетический ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
strike забастовка солидарности PATHETIC adj. 1) трогательный, жалостный, умилительный 2) душераздирающий 3) obs. патетический the pathetic fallacy - придание силам природы свойств живых существ - pathetic strike Syn: moving, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, touching Ant: farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous, unaffecting ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
1. If you describe a person or animal as pathetic, you mean that they are sad and weak or helpless, and they make you feel very sorry for them. The small group of onlookers presented a pathetic sight... She now looked small, shrunken and pathetic. ADJ • pathetically She was pathetically thin. ADV 2. If you describe someone or something as pathetic, you mean that they make you feel impatient or angry, often because they are weak or not very good. What pathetic excuses... It’s a pound for a small glass of wine, which is pathetic. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • pathetically Five women in a group of 18 people is a pathetically small number. ADV: ADV adj ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ adj 1 something or someone that is pathetic is so useless, unsuccessful, or badly done that they annoy you You're pathetic! Here, let me do it. It's a pretty pathetic computer, basically. Vic made a pathetic attempt to apologise. 2 making you feel pity or sympathy (a pathetic sight) - pathetically adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1598, from M.Fr. pathйtique "moving, stirring, affecting," from L.L. patheticus, from Gk. pathetikos "sensitive," from pathetos "liable to suffer," from path-, stem of paskhein "to suffer" (see pathos). Meaning "arousing pity, pitiful" is first recorded 1737. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):
Самые популярные термины
1 | 1643 | |
2 | 1487 | |
3 | 1246 | |
4 | 1245 | |
5 | 1134 | |
6 | 1092 | |
7 | 1029 | |
8 | 1015 | |
9 | 1014 | |
10 | 978 | |
11 | 977 | |
12 | 949 | |
13 | 936 | |
14 | 920 | |
15 | 854 | |
16 | 817 | |
17 | 812 | |
18 | 794 | |
19 | 783 | |
20 | 752 |