Pathetic
Pathetic adjective - Deserving of one's pity.
Wailing and pathetic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wailing" instead an adjective "Pathetic".
Nearby Words: pathos, pathetically, pathetics
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His wailing and flailing, however, is just ridiculously pathetic and too similar to the Trope Namer, the Black Knight, it's leaning too close to Narm.
Source: Film / Rurouni Kenshin
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Wailing and Pathetic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pathetic/wailing
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Wailing or Pathetic. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pathetic/wailing.
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