Both Uses of
pathetic
in
Childhood's End
- That makes his attempts to do research in this, of all fields, rather pathetic.†
Chpt 9 *
- The little figures, so helpless and pathetic if one did no, know the truth, stood motionless in forest and glade and plaint The camera roamed restlessly from one to the other: already. thought Jan, their faces were merging into a common mould.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(pathetic as in: Her pathetic look saddened us.) pitiful (arousing pity)