English Explanatory Dictionary

pathetical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Arousing sympathy; pathetic.
Arising from strong emotion; passionate.

Pronunciation

/pəˈθɛtɪkl̩/

Word forms

pathetical more pathetical most pathetical

Etymology

From Late Latin patheticus + -al.

Related words

patheticalness

Previous

Next

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary