Hyphenation of pathetic

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pathetic? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pa-thet-ic

Definitions of pathetic:

1.	Deserving or inciting pity A hapless victim Miserable victims of war The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic- Galsworthy Piteous appeals for help Pitiable homeless children A pitiful fate Oh
2.	You poor thing His poor distorted limbs A wretched life
3.	Inspiring mixed contempt and pity Their efforts were pathetic Pitiable lack of character Pitiful exhibition of cowardice
4.	Inspiring scornful pity How silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years- Dashiell Hammett

Synonyms of pathetic:

adj	hapless, miserable, misfortunate, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched, unfortunate
adj	pitiable, pitiful, contemptible
adj	ridiculous, silly, undignified

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.