Greg Davies

I would spend a lot of time setting up an accident scene where it appeared that I had seriously hurt myself - hedge-cutter, ketchup, that sort of thing. When my sister happened upon the scene of horror, I would lift my head and pathetically plead for her to 'get Mum'.

British Comedian

Anita Bryant

While continuing to speak out and work against those laws that sanction homosexuality, we also shall continue to seek help and change for homosexuals themselves, whose sad and sick values belie the word 'gay' which they pathetically use to cover their unhappy lives.

American Singer

Arthur Smith

I myself am pathetically impressed when I meet writers of very long novels. How can they spend so many hundreds of hours at the miserable, lonely pastime of creating fiction?

English Comedian

Bob Hawke

The level of journalism in this country is just so pathetically poor, and I've, in a sense, gone over the top of them, which they don't like.

Australian Statesman

Tucker Carlson

I'm so pathetically eager for people to love D.C. It's so sad. It's like I work for the chamber of commerce or something.

American Journalist

Trinny Woodall

Even my basic, basic wardrobe is still pathetically colour coordinated. It just is. That is just me.

English Designer

Cat Deeley

I can't lie... My face always gives me away. I'm also pathetically bad at poker!

English Celebrity

Mitch Kapor

Lotus's efforts around the Mac were pathetically unsuccessful, which is sad.

American Businessman

Henry Rollins

War is very sad and small life is pathetically fragile at times.

American Musician

Caitlin Moran

British Journalist

Use 'pathetically' to express strong empathy or sadness for someone or something very weak or unsuccessful.

Emotion Trigger

'Pathetically' conveys a negative judgment, showing that something is not just bad, but dishearteningly so.

Negative Description

Use it when describing something that fails to such an extent it evokes pity or sadness.

Describing Failure

Express criticism about something being remarkably ineffective or insufficient using 'pathetically'.

Critique of Ineffectiveness

Highlight how insufficient or poor an attempt was, especially in comparison to what was needed.

Highlight Inadequacy

Stress the lack of strength, power, or potency in a person, argument, or feature.

Emphasize Weakness

 which is pathetically grateful for anything you give it. Nowadays, the user is actually involved. This is actually what's called, in the digital world, "user-generated content." Although it's called agriculture in the world of food. This is actually called a mash-up,

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 or the terrain going up into the clouds and then descending at 40 miles an hour it's equally as hard as the distance now humans we are pathetically inefficient when it comes to all animals on the planet from getting from one point to