1.Definition: deserving or inciting pity

"The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"

Related Adjective(s):hapless, miserable, misfortunate, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched

2.Definition: inspiring mixed contempt and pity

"Their efforts were pathetic"

Related Adjective(s):pitiable, pitiful

3.Definition: inspiring scornful pity

Related Adjective(s):ridiculous, silly