Trying vs Pathetic - What's the difference?
trying | pathetic | Related terms |
Difficult to endure; arduous.
*1891 , Conan Doyle,
*:"Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a little trying to do so much typewriting?"
Irritating, stressful or bothersome.
(philosophy) The act by which one tries something; an attempt.
* 2006 , Andrew Sneddon, Action and Responsibility (page 145)
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.
Trying is a related term of pathetic.
As adjectives the difference between trying and pathetic
is that trying is difficult to endure; arduous while pathetic is arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.As a verb trying
is .As a noun trying
is (philosophy) the act by which one tries something; an attempt.trying
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Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- In a variety of places, O'Shaughnessy argues that there is an internal relation between trying and the events that tryings produce. For example, he argues that tryings are not independently specifiable except as would-be causes of physical events.
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*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 .