All 3 Uses of
pathetic
in
Washington Square
- If Catherine was quiet, she was quietly quiet, as I may say, and her pathetic effects, which there was no one to notice, were entirely unstudied and unintended.†
Chpt 22
- The girl was sharply touched by the pathetic ring of the words; it was the most calculated, the most dramatic little speech the Doctor had ever uttered.†
Chpt 22
- But I can't do the pathetic; I can't pump up tears, to look graceful, over the most fortunate thing that ever happened to her."†
Chpt 32 *
Definition:
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(pathetic as in: Her pathetic look saddened us.) pitiful (arousing pity)