All 3 Uses of
pathetic
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Potter lifted his face and looked around him with a pathetic hopelessness in his eyes.†
Chpt 11 *
- The congregation became more and more moved, as the pathetic tale went on, till at last the whole company broke down and joined the weeping mourners in a chorus of anguished sobs, the preacher himself giving way to his feelings, and crying in the pulpit.†
Chpt 17
- It is many and many a year since the hapless half-breed scooped out the stone to catch the priceless drops, but to this day the tourist stares longest at that pathetic stone and that slow-dropping water when he comes to see the wonders of McDougal's cave.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(pathetic as in: Her pathetic look saddened us.) pitiful (arousing pity)