Disturbing vs Pathetic - What's the difference?
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Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
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, passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing .}}
Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.
Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.
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(obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.
As adjectives the difference between disturbing and pathetic
is that disturbing is causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling while pathetic is arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.As a verb disturbing
is present participle of lang=en.disturbing
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Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)pathetic
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Alternative forms
* pathetick (archaic) * patheticke (obsolete) * pathetique (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The old man’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.
- You can't even run two miles? That’s pathetic .
- You're almost 26 years old and you still can't hold a real job? That's pathetic .