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Unflinching vs Pathetic - What's the difference?

unflinching | pathetic |

As adjectives the difference between unflinching and pathetic

is that unflinching is without flinching; staying committed despite any difficulty; steadfast while pathetic is arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.

unflinching

English

Adjective

(-)
  • without flinching; staying committed despite any difficulty; steadfast
  • *1837 , , An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism , page 126
  • *:Can an honest, upright and Christian man, go into these conflicts, and with unflinching firmness stand up for all that is good, and oppose all that is evil, in whatever party it may be found, without a measure of moral courage such as few can command?

    • Derived terms

    * unflinchingly * unflinchingness

    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 .
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  • (obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

    • Synonyms

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

    Derived terms

    * patheticism * patheticness

    Related terms

    * pathos

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