Pathetic vs Heartbreaking - What's the difference?
pathetic | heartbreaking |
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 pathetic and heartbreaking
is that pathetic is arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion while heartbreaking is that causes great grief, anguish or distress.As a noun heartbreaking is
the breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.pathetic
English
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 .
