a word used by illiterate losers who really mean to say "pitiful" but are trying to impress normal people with their soap opera-inspired vocabulary.

arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness

To not be apathetic, as the a- in apathy negates the root "pathos".

So to say, to have emotions, care, feel sympathy/empathy, and show interest.

Often confused to mean that something deserves pity.

Equivalent to sarcastically saying "That is just sad"

When you need others to have sympathy for you to survive.

Moonpie face Illustration major from Wisconsin.

usually someone who is 18 and takes pleasure in picking on people 16 years and younger, just because they're jealous that a certain person didn't get dumped over the net, and still has the love of another certain person and this other certain person doesn't have baggage. ROFLL and this person normally pretends to be educated and mature.
definitely pathetic