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Sulking vs Pathetic - What's the difference?

sulking | pathetic |

As a verb sulking

is .

As a noun sulking

is the act of one who sulks.

As an adjective pathetic is

arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.

sulking

English

Verb

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  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who sulks.
  • * Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
  • "He has seen you, too, he says; and thinks you have seen him, hey?" and Dangerfield chuckled more and more knowingly, and watched his shiftings and sulkings with a pleasant grin, as he teased and quizzed him in his own enigmatical way.

    pathetic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pathetick (archaic) * patheticke (obsolete) * pathetique (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.
  • The old man’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.
  • Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.
  • 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 .
  • * {{quote-video, year=2005, title=
  • , passage=Well you'd better think of something because middle-aged tramps aren't cute, they're pathetic .}}
  • (obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.
  • Synonyms

    * (arousing pity) pitiful, wretched, miserable, deplorable, pathetisad * (arousing scorn) disgraceful, shameful, despicable, dishonorable

    Derived terms

    * patheticism * patheticness