Mocking and Pathetic

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Mocking adjective - Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule.

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Pathetic and mocking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pathetic" instead an adjective "Mocking".

Nearby Words: mock, mockery, mocked, mocker, mockingly

Pathetic adjective - Deserving of one's pity.

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Mocking and pathetic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mocking" instead an adjective "Pathetic".

Nearby Words: pathos, pathetically, pathetics

A very mean-spirited teacher not only considered the essay pathetic, but read it in front of the whole class, mocking Saligia and encouraging the entire class to laugh at him.

Source: Comic Book / Tytus, Romek i A'tomek
When Dexter and Lumen (the last victim who managed to get away) finally have Jordan at their mercy, he taunts Lumen about what he did to her, mocking her for being so "pathetic" and "helpless".

Source: Monster / Live-Action TV
In some small moments, or when he's alone, and his goofy, mocking nature is gone, he's quite a pathetic, lonely geek with almost no friends who is probably struggling with gay feelings.

Source: Film / Fright Night (1985)

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