Pathetic
Pathetic adjective - Deserving of one's pity.
Trivial and pathetic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trivial" instead an adjective "Pathetic".
Nearby Words: pathos, pathetically, pathetics
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Final Fantasy VI didn't have that much use for it, but one particularly nasty boss becomes trivial if Berserked - instead of hammering the party with powerful magic, he attacks for pathetic damage.
Source: Standard Status Effects -
But given that this is Butters we're talking about, Professor Chaos is a pretty harmless and pathetic villain whose idea of "evil" is often just trivial pranks.
Source: Nerd in Evil's Helmet
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Trivial and Pathetic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pathetic/trivial
Pathetic & Trivial. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pathetic/trivial>.
Trivial or Pathetic. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pathetic/trivial.
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