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What is another word for
pathetic
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▲
Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness
Miserably inadequate
Causing, or suggestive of, melancholy or unhappiness
So ludicrous as to be amusing
(
in amount
)
Meager or little
(
colloquial
)
Weak and purposeless
Inclined to sob
Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy
Lacking in a required or necessary quality
In a manner behoving a loser
Contrary to reason or common sense
Lacking vigour or interest
Of or full of expression
Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness
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Adjective
▲
Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness
heartbreaking
moving
pitiable
touching
affecting
piteous
pitiful
distressing
miserable
poignant
sad
plaintive
poor
wretched
harrowing
disquieting
disturbing
doleful
heart-rending
stirring
tragic
upsetting
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
forlorn
heartrending
melting
mortifying
rueful
sorry
tender
woeful
distressful
gut-wrenching
mournful
to be pitied
commiserable
meagre
UK
meager
US
petty
puny
useless
dismal
saddening
sorrowful
melancholy
abject
tearful
cheerless
depressing
lamentable
dreary
unhappy
drear
comfortless
gloomy
joyless
tear-jerking
grievous
disconsolate
dolorous
desolate
distressed
afflicted
teary
morose
bleak
sombre
UK
deplorable
grim
somber
US
glum
melancholic
painful
dire
unfortunate
dark
woebegone
solemn
dejected
depressed
funereal
sullen
despondent
depressive
worthless
lugubrious
lonesome
lonely
low
drab
disheartening
emotional
base
crestfallen
blue
mean
cold
anguished
elegiacal
black
elegiac
down-and-out
traumatic
cast down
hopeless
unpleasant
spiritless
impressive
dispiriting
vile
godforsaken
gray
US
morbid
mourning
heartbroken
oppressive
dingy
shabby
dejecting
chill
murky
darkening
plutonian
tenebrous
saturnine
tenebrific
sepulchral
grey
UK
impactful
bitter
paltry
suffering
uncomfortable
compassionate
dreich
sunless
cloudy
grieving
destitute
helpless
dreadful
Cimmerian
beggarly
in the dumps
regrettable
unlucky
calamitous
broken-hearted
heartsick
terrible
dull
dispirited
hapless
lachrymose
drearisome
uninviting
austere
unwelcoming
dour
dim
inhospitable
bare
stark
bland
powerless
clinical
emotive
draggy
mopey
impersonal
scurvy
heart-warming
despicable
wintry
US
jarring
wintery
UK
institutional
downcast
feeble
commiserative
arousing
lame
defenseless
US
down
downhearted
contemptible
wistful
disastrous
grief-stricken
inconsolable
despairing
awful
catastrophic
agonized
US
ruined
regretful
discouraging
excruciating
sentimental
saddened
brokenhearted
foul
dolesome
nostalgic
disappointing
shocking
droopy
heavyhearted
hangdog
heartsore
derisible
plangent
ruthful
weeping
appalling
agonised
UK
mirthless
horrendous
defenceless
UK
bad
lamenting
crushing
forsaken
vexatious
long-faced
low-spirited
horrific
down in the mouth
out of sorts
down in the dumps
ill-fated
ill-starred
merciful
cheap
inadequate
insignificant
beseeching
entreating
supplicating
imploring
heartsickening
lousy
powerful
warming
telling
soul-stirring
uplifting
evocative
demoralizing
US
difficult
demoralising
UK
troublesome
intense
sober
heartwarming
affective
haunting
disgraceful
small
stunning
mind-blowing
sympathetic
responsive
discomposing
disconcerting
impotent
weak
unnerving
discomforting
emotionally moving
frightful
horrifying
pensive
heart-wrenching
tragical
perturbing
passionate
agitating
expressive
weepy
bewailing
bemoaning
wailing
funeral
aching
deploring
fatal
horrible
horrid
deadly
ruinous
heavy-hearted
lost
forceless
toothless
prostrate
arousing affect
cruel
tortured
racked
grousing
cranky
grumpy
bellyaching
cantankerous
crabby
beefing
forgotten
homeless
abandoned
humourless
UK
humorless
US
cataclysmic
bereft
friendless
uncared-for
galling
devastating
impoverished
gruesome
destroyed
dragging
cynical
solitary
oppressed
fruitless
pessimistic
alone
heart-breaking
lethal
adverse
mortal
needy
poverty-stricken
fed up
blubbering
blubbery
bawling
sobbing
sniveling
US
moist
whimpering
snivelling
UK
tear-filled
watery
wet
vulnerable
weighed down
deathly
fateful
destructive
down and out
indigent
penniless
beggared
unpowerful
sordid
squalid
penurious
shoddy
impecunious
luckless
in tears
skint
needful
pauperized
dirt-poor
broke
necessitous
threadbare
famished
cursed
doomed
jinxed
hard up
desperate
broken
unprosperous
stricken
pained
shattered
troubled
snakebitten
unsuccessful
awkward
snakebit
burdened
out of luck
ill-omened
in a bad way
hard luck
sad sack
star-crossed
sorrowing
devastated
choked
gutted
bummed
sour
hurting
downtrodden
cut up
in the pits
chap-fallen
more ❯
“It upsets me that someone so engagingly
pathetic
can be so disruptive.”
Adjective
▲
Miserably inadequate
sorry
pitiful
feeble
miserable
poor
inadequate
woeful
contemptible
deplorable
despicable
lamentable
meager
US
meagre
UK
useless
wet
worthless
wretched
pants
petty
crummy
insufficient
measly
negligible
paltry
pitiable
sad
trashy
insubstantial
poxy
rubbishy
unsatisfactory
wanky
disgraceful
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
shameful
lousy
inferior
dreadful
awful
terrible
atrocious
rotten
appalling
dire
abysmal
bad
substandard
hopeless
execrable
rubbish
duff
frightful
dismal
mediocre
second-rate
lame
diabolical
deficient
abominable
shoddy
unacceptable
a load of pants
third-rate
horrible
cheap
laughable
nasty
low-grade
chronic
junky
wanting
imperfect
very bad
disagreeable
dissatisfactory
shabby
not up to snuff
ineffectual
ineffective
ropy
shocking
subpar
suboptimal
God-awful
faulty
inept
below par
low-rent
horrendous
schlocky
bargain-basement
odious
defective
second-class
egregious
incompetent
grotty
disastrous
two-bit
offensive
low-quality
bum
base
pits
schlock
cruddy
vile
coarse
not up to scratch
abject
weak
loathsome
under par
direful
gross
punk
common
sub-par
below standard
revolting
abhorrent
leaving much to be desired
unsound
repulsive
mean
cut-rate
no good
gimcrack
hideous
distasteful
horrid
disgusting
crude
flawed
not much cop
disappointing
subnormal
sucky
godawful
inefficient
below average
average
junk
calamitous
beastly
incapable
repugnant
regrettable
ordinary
amateurish
distressing
bush-league
dirty
detestable
unexceptional
pedestrian
dodgy
reprehensible
unfit
wack
dime-a-dozen
unfortunate
grievous
the pits
good-for-nothing
el cheapo
sordid
not up to par
middling
lemon
poorer
downmarket
indifferent
scurvy
repellent
sleazy
sickening
grubby
scummy
ratty
scabby
stinking
impotent
obnoxious
heinous
ghastly
cheapjack
trumpery
lacking
intolerable
unspeakable
wrong
low
bush
off
cheesy
crumby
tawdry
hack
not up to much
déclassé
inefficacious
not good enough
a dead loss
scandalous
unpleasant
unsuccessful
inexpert
repellant
sneaking
objectionable
unworthy
nauseating
outrageous
unsuitable
unproficient
displeasing
heartbreaking
undesirable
horrifying
counterproductive
hellacious
sour
unbearable
grim
tragic
damnable
ignoble
insufferable
villainous
low-end
poor-quality
bungling
powerless
futile
careless
gruesome
foul
unfitted
ignominious
ugly
nauseous
rancid
unqualified
unhappy
fruitless
unskilful
hateful
valueless
feckless
profitless
discreditable
disreputable
disquieting
inapt
monstrous
disturbing
garbage
indefensible
scurrilous
less-than-stellar
beyond the pale
low-down
unable to do something for toffee
beyond contempt
piteous
thin
negligent
evil
noisome
fulsome
noxious
obscene
pointless
unsightly
flimsy
desperate
catastrophic
unable
unavailing
hamstrung
inexpedient
unproductive
outcast
disconcerting
unskilled
senseless
degrading
impermissible
inadmissible
inappropriate
lacking ability
degenerate
vain
unusable
ill
grave
nugatory
afflictive
ham-fisted
unskillful
cack-handed
uncomfortable
very poor
meaningless
inutile
bodger
mournful
opprobrious
amiss
insupportable
bootless
yucky
distressful
troublesome
downer
bummer
empty
snide
currish
iniquitous
unprofitable
inproficient
wicked
excruciating
unsavory
US
ridiculous
derisory
ineligible
inexperienced
disqualified
unequipped
impaired
awkward
tragical
stupid
unwelcome
tatty
piddling
uncool
heartrending
upsetting
no-good
silly
unappealing
uninviting
affecting
icky
barren
broken
unsavoury
UK
tinhorn
to no avail
grody
stinky
irremediable
for the birds
harmful
from hunger
not equal to
no great shakes
poor quality
heart-rending
tenth-rate
god-awful
not up to it
low-minded
forlorn
unconvincing
stark
crying
tame
blithering
dilapidated
inexcusable
tinny
slovenly
tricky
well below par
unforgivable
implausible
unequal
reduced
limited
cursed
flaming
inglorious
preposterous
glaring
little
unpardonable
unconscionable
foolish
sinful
shallow
slight
despisable
disdainable
infernal
accursed
confounded
cataclysmic
shlocky
godforsaken
seedy
shlock
wasted
injured
shaky
withering
diseased
bruised
cowardly
piss-poor
immoral
underwhelming
poorly
tacky
sparing
restricted
inappreciable
inconsiderable
not cutting it
footling
not much chop
flat
hateworthy
unjustifiable
rough
hellish
rebarbative
disgustful
loathly
dime-store
twopenny-halfpenny
nefarious
unlucky
flagrant
unpopular
disliked
beggarly
swinish
crass
jerry-built
weak sauce
off-color
absurd
ludicrous
rueful
anticlimactic
run down
criminal
raunchy
diddly
blah
bad news
fallacious
grungy
not good
erroneous
not the best
flagitious
foolish-looking
down at heel
unsatisfying
unfulfilling
under-strength
strictly for the birds
of a sort
fed up
unseemly
bathetic
uninteresting
failing
weighty
taxing
exceptionable
improper
losing
naive
frail
butterfingers
vulnerable
dependent
unsuited
unprincipled
disillusioning
unimpressive
impractical
unscrupulous
dubious
unreasonable
questionable
unequal to the task
condemnable
out
cheapo
from hell
not up to something
not up to
not equal to something
tinpot
falling short
Mickey Mouse
inacceptable
reject
melancholy
filthy
unworkable
not on
second rate
not cricket
of poor quality
won't do
over the fence
not quite the done thing
half-baked
not up to standard
of low quality
out of order
slimy
caitiff
infamous
scungy
cheapie
purposeless
beneath contempt
low-life
below contempt
dirty rotten
troubling
blameworthy
overwhelming
dolorous
horrific
worrisome
irksome
discomforting
unserviceable
nonfunctional
severe
unsettling
forbidding
agonizing
US
traumatic
stressful
perturbing
unpalatable
daunting
torturous
nonpractical
otiose
inoperative
unpurposed
impracticable
unfunctional
humourless
UK
harrowing
sombre
UK
unnerving
annoying
humorless
US
difficult
discomposing
sober
doleful
bitter
agitating
irritating
mortifying
harsh
solemn
somber
US
expendable
of no use
scrap
unuseful
inoperable
Sisyphean
dysfunctional
not useful
to no purpose
in vain
abortive
gloomy
lurid
sedate
hairy
tormenting
worrying
grisly
troublous
unendurable
frightening
fraught
vexatious
macabre
nightmarish
depressing
yukky
cruel
saddening
afflicting
hurtful
galling
hostile
concerning
agonising
UK
anguished
sorrowful
painful
uncongenial
unlovely
unpleasing
nerve-racking
off-putting
nail-biting
heart-breaking
gut-wrenching
extremely bad
nerve-wracking
trifling
unprofessional
blundering
dissatisfying
floundering
no use
incapacitated
cowboy
inconsequential
trivial
hollow
clumsy
skill-less
null
banal
unimportant
insignificant
chaffy
nickel-and-dime
unhandy
raw
helpless
untrained
unapt
amateur
uninitiated
maladroit
unadapted
unfructuous
of no benefit
damaged
bogus
nothing
sterile
waste
abandoned
unessential
undependable
unreliable
two a penny
less capable
a dime a dozen
not worth a hill of beans
not have it
out to lunch
not cut out for
leaving a lot to be desired
more ❯
“By which I mean I will use the most
pathetic
excuses to avoid doing anything.”
Adjective
▲
Causing, or suggestive of, melancholy or unhappiness
sad
depressing
dismal
dreary
heartbreaking
sorry
saddening
melancholy
drear
heartrending
mournful
teary
tearful
sombre
UK
somber
US
gloomy
grim
bleak
wretched
melancholic
cheerless
discouraging
funereal
hopeless
dispiriting
distressing
black
glum
doleful
grave
miserable
disheartening
joyless
desolate
comfortless
dark
unhappy
morbid
uninviting
unpleasant
disagreeable
sorrowing
horrid
troublesome
gruesome
afflictive
unfortunate
ghastly
inauspicious
daunting
upsetting
painful
dejecting
demoralizing
US
heart-rending
harrowing
disenchanting
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
blue
lachrymose
distressful
demoralising
UK
oppressive
disappointing
poor
squalid
pitiable
godforsaken
drab
foul
sordid
despicable
contemptible
disgraceful
tragic
vile
sullen
unpromising
piteous
morose
uncomfortable
solemn
shameful
pitiful
bad
deplorable
execrable
lousy
trashy
rotten
dire
abject
rueful
terrible
lamentable
grievous
filthy
shoddy
inferior
displeasing
detestable
derisory
lugubrious
low
indigent
scungy
dreich
scurvy
depressive
saturnine
impoverished
forlorn
destitute
sepulchral
lonesome
plutonian
elegiacal
tenebrous
sunless
tenebrific
elegiac
Cimmerian
poverty-stricken
more ❯
Adjective
▲
So ludicrous as to be amusing
ridiculous
laughable
ludicrous
absurd
preposterous
risible
farcical
silly
comical
derisory
derisive
cockamamie
cockamamy
insulting
for the birds
inadequate
small
trifling
insufficient
tiny
contemptible
minimal
outrageous
pitiful
negligible
miserable
nominal
paltry
miserly
token
lousy
stingy
measly
piffling
nickel-and-dime
piddling
poxy
mingy
mean
mocking
jeering
ridiculing
scoffing
taunting
contemptuous
scornful
jibing
disparaging
denigratory
pillorying
slighting
teasing
dismissive
detracting
snide
caustic
scathing
lampooning
satirical
disdainful
sneering
sarcastic
cocky
gally
sassy
snidey
sardonic
smart-alecky
nervy
cheeky
rude
cynical
out-of-line
smart
irreverent
sarky
flip
contumelious
fresh
crusty
biting
cutting
mordacious
sharp
deprecatory
mordant
derogatory
satiric
trenchant
uncomplimentary
acerbic
ironical
stinging
bitter
disrespectful
ironic
pungent
chaffing
degrading
pejorative
belittling
offensive
vituperative
acid
hurtful
nasty
scurrilous
snarky
tongue-in-cheek
backhanded
burlesque
acrid
arrogant
incisive
keen
demeaning
decrying
depreciative
derogative
depreciatory
detractive
denigrative
dry
spiteful
deprecating
wry
parodying
pointed
paradoxical
spoof
humorous
spoofing
bantering
abusive
shrewish
disapproving
malicious
double-edged
unkind
insinuating
Hudibrastic
Rabelaisian
humiliating
mortifying
vulgar
ill-natured
insolent
depreciating
unpleasant
hateful
discrediting
affronting
libelous
US
wounding
libellous
UK
blasphemous
defamatory
slanderous
clever
implausible
atypical
witty
twisted
defiant
curious
spicy
contradictory
exaggerated
critical
backbiting
alert
poignant
quick-witted
impertinent
uncivil
catty
discourteous
repulsive
acerb
brusque
barbed
tart
acidulous
scalding
vitriolic
acidic
acrimonious
twitting
saucy
captious
needling
corrosive
carping
austere
scorching
ornery
weisenheiming
salty
severe
smart-mouthed
smart-aleck
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
in amount
)
Meager or little
tiny
meager
US
meagre
UK
little
reduced
trivial
minimal
inadequate
derisory
insignificant
insufficient
negligible
nominal
paltry
minor
unimportant
inappreciable
inconsequential
nugatory
petty
pitiful
trifling
measly
piddling
piffling
minimum
poxy
mingy
miserable
exiguous
fractional
inconsiderable
infinitesimal
lean
marginal
modest
ordinary
picayune
piddly
scant
scanty
scarce
sparing
sparse
subnormal
ungenerous
worthless
insubstantial
deficient
token
base
beggarly
dinky
limited
low
lowly
shabby
skimpy
stingy
small
slight
niggardly
poor
puny
miserly
minute
restricted
niggling
slender
footling
spare
peanut
pimping
chicken
short
nickel-and-dime
no-account
light
mean
de minimis
Mickey Mouse
contemptible
pitiable
skimp
slim
wretched
sorry
lousy
minuscule
hand-to-mouth
not worth mentioning
thin
of no account
lamentable
not worth bothering about
not enough
frivolous
fiddling
incidental
foolish
small-fry
of no consequence
pettifogging
bare
sketchy
narrow
scrimpy
shy
too few
too little
failing
in short supply
imperceptible
laughable
superficial
hollow
of no importance
inferior
incomplete
empty
despicable
shallow
lacking
wanting
too small
small-bore
incommensurate
diminutive
mere
rare
valueless
unconsiderable
shoestring
insipid
sad
of little account
thin on the ground
dry
perfunctory
insulting
ridiculous
absurd
outrageous
ludicrous
risible
preposterous
mild
disappointing
symbolic
subsidiary
peripheral
ignorable
neglectable
tenuous
confined
useless
woeful
on the small side
small-time
lesser
scratch
secondary
irrelevant
subordinate
penny-ante
casual
lower
junior
inessential
cheap
inconsequent
two-bit
penurious
dismal
toytown
twopenny-halfpenny
trashy
set
common
shoddy
sleazy
ineffectual
unconsequential
silly
weak
idle
feeble
lame
unqualified
thinning
parsimonious
junk
stunted
depleted
barren
unproductive
stinted
bush-league
vain
loitering
jejune
inane
idling
vapid
banal
imperfect
unsatisfactory
minus
infrequent
destitute
unfitted
unfinished
incapable
faulty
unample
drained
defective
incompetent
bereft
devoid
close
flimsy
tight
short of
too little too late
at a premium
out of
of little consequence
few and far between
barely sufficient
of little importance
no big deal
no big thing
forget it
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
colloquial
)
Weak and purposeless
soft
spineless
timid
scared
cowardly
panicky
intimidated
shaky
jittery
timorous
tremulous
unnerved
gutless
impotent
spiritless
squeamish
characterless
nerveless
wet
frightened
fearful
nervous
jumpy
startled
apprehensive
irresolute
terrified
feart
weak-kneed
lily-livered
yellow-bellied
weak
ineffectual
wishy-washy
feeble
effete
ineffective
wimpy
limp-wristed
weakling
invertebrate
milk-and-water
namby-pamby
indecisive
wimpish
sissy
sissified
chicken
frail
weakened
craven
faint-hearted
yellow
boneless
candy-assed
vacillating
inadequate
chicken-livered
weak-willed
unassertive
weedy
vapid
inept
pusillanimous
poor-spirited
insipid
chicken-hearted
wussy
wavering
inefficient
incompetent
silly
pigeon-hearted
foolish
insufficient
drippy
daft
nerdy
insignificant
lame
meek
fickle
passive
simpering
sentimental
colourless
UK
prim
faltering
dithering
useless
tame
prissy
anaemic
UK
indeterminate
fallible
powerless
undetermined
niminy-piminy
effeminate
limp
bland
half-hearted
mawkish
mincing
womanish
corruptible
supine
yielding
hemming and hawing
unreliable
unsure
waffling
undependable
jejune
flat
over-sentimental
maudlin
watery
banal
listless
sapless
flavorless
US
languid
flavourless
UK
mediocre
watered-down
enervated
dull
easily led
queeny
colorless
US
anemic
US
submissive
unmanly
poltroon
chickenhearted
unheroic
dastardly
recreant
milk-livered
forceless
pithless
amoebalike
without a will of your own
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Inclined to sob
tear-jerking
sloppy
corny
soppy
mushy
mawkish
schmaltzy
touching
saccharine
sugary
slushy
maudlin
romantic
sappy
syrupy
weepy
overemotional
gushing
tearful
bathetic
nostalgic
tender
gushy
simpering
soapy
soft
effusive
dreamy
softhearted
sweet
affected
idealistic
impressionable
overacted
sobby
demonstrative
passionate
vapid
inane
insipid
jejune
silly
affectionate
languishing
loving
moonstruck
rosewater
visionary
lovey-dovey
dewy-eyed
sentimental
cloying
drippy
gooey
over-sentimental
cutesy
spoony
sticky
spooney
chocolate-box
novelettish
wet
fruity
sugarcoated
soupy
sickly
emotional
cheesy
icky
cornball
hokey
three-hanky
three-hankie
twee
treacly
sloshy
toe-curling
sick-making
soft-hearted
sugar-coated
hearts-and-flowers
Mills-and-Boon
lachrymose
sickly sweet
trite
oversweet
honeyed
tacky
unctuous
cloyingly sweet
oversentimental
moving
over-emotional
sickly-sweet
self-pitying
ingratiating
sickening
candied
teary
feeble
nauseating
banal
stirring
affecting
poignant
emotive
powerful
heart-rending
heart-warming
uplifting
harrowing
tragic
impassioned
heartbreaking
soul-stirring
haunting
dramatic
exciting
thrilling
impactful
impressive
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy
incredible
flimsy
lame
feeble
paltry
poor
suspect
weak
ineffectual
phoney
UK
phony
US
trifling
inadequate
thin
transparent
unsatisfactory
unsound
shallow
tame
half-baked
implausible
unconvincing
unpersuasive
unlikely
unbelievable
inconceivable
questionable
improbable
dubious
doubtful
tenuous
specious
fantastic
far-fetched
fishy
unreasonable
hollow
faulty
unimpressive
illogical
false
groundless
fallacious
insufficient
hard to swallow
hard to believe
untenable
preposterous
vague
flawed
irrational
nonsensical
inconclusive
unsubstantiated
absurd
contradictory
nebulous
ludicrous
farfetched
spurious
incongruous
unsustainable
invalid
sketchy
unsupportable
shaky
irreconcilable
puzzling
obscure
senseless
impossible
indefensible
unrealistic
fanciful
fantastical
incredulous
uncompelling
trivial
nonrational
reachy
vain
unfounded
airy
unreasoned
inconsequent
illegitimate
inconsequential
unreasoning
fatuous
nutty
wacky
slight
problematic
unthinkable
unimaginable
strained
unconceivable
remote
ponderous
forced
laboured
UK
unsubstantial
off the wall
won't hold water
full of holes
won't wash
self-contradictory
labored
US
strange
beyond belief
scarcely credible
frivolous
puny
difficult to believe
cock-and-bull
hard to take
not convincing
full of it
superficial
inept
controvertible
inane
baseless
assailable
wishful
weakly
contemptible
puerile
ungrounded
faltering
inefficient
unpleasing
unsuitable
flabby
ineffective
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lacking in a required or necessary quality
wanting
deficient
inadequate
disappointing
insufficient
lacking
defective
faulty
imperfect
inferior
poor
substandard
unsound
patchy
sketchy
incomplete
unacceptable
unsatisfying
flawed
impaired
short
shy
absent
limited
low
missing
not good enough
restricted
scarce
second-rate
shabby
shoddy
unfinished
bodger
needing
not acceptable
not up to standard
unpolished
unrefined
away
bankrupt
bereft
cooked
deprived
destitute
devoid
empty
failing
gone
half-baked
less
needed
omitted
scant
scanty
unfulfilled
below par
burned out
cut off
in default
not up to par
out of gas
not much cop
not up to expectations
not up to scratch
too little too late
leaving much to be desired
bad
unsatisfactory
low-grade
worthless
mediocre
puny
low-rent
half-pie
low-quality
less than ideal
dissatisfactory
displeasing
weak
less-than-stellar
lame
lamentable
meagre
UK
inept
undesirable
objectionable
laughable
meager
US
feeble
too little
found wanting
inconsiderable
unworthy
insubstantial
not okay
more ❯
Adjective
▲
In a manner behoving a loser
loserly
Adjective
▲
Contrary to reason or common sense
preposterous
absurd
ridiculous
foolish
crazy
ludicrous
asinine
laughable
nonsensical
outrageous
senseless
shocking
stupid
incredible
unreasonable
insane
irrational
monstrous
risible
unthinkable
bizarre
comical
extreme
farcical
impossible
cockamamie
excessive
extravagant
hare-brained
inane
pointless
silly
unbelievable
astonishing
balmy
brainless
bubbleheaded
cockamamy
cockeyed
crackpot
cuckoo
daffy
daft
derisive
derisory
dippy
dotty
exorbitant
fatuous
featherheaded
fool
half-baked
half-witted
harebrained
illogical
inept
jerky
kookie
kooky
looney
loony
lunatic
lunkheaded
mad
nutty
sappy
screwball
simpleminded
tomfool
unwise
wacky
weak-minded
whacky
witless
zany
far-out
outlandish
thick
unusual
too much
taking the cake
out of the question
idiotic
imbecilic
derisible
grotesque
funny
droll
fantastic
off the wall
comic
odd
incongruous
hilarious
strange
freaky
barmy
foolhardy
gelastic
diverting
mindless
scatterbrained
fantastical
fanciful
moronic
cock-eyed
implausible
meaningless
burlesque
goofy
unreal
wild
screwy
inconsistent
batty
worthy of scorn
weird
queer
curious
freakish
peculiar
vacuous
puerile
wacko
rum
imprudent
thoughtless
inappropriate
reckless
irresponsible
unintelligent
rash
futile
ignorant
inadvisable
surreal
contemptible
vain
ineffectual
useless
misguided
dumb
injudicious
foolheaded
obtuse
joshing
in vain
camp
embarrassing
campy
incompetent
feather-brained
dopey
naive
doltish
to no avail
idiotical
improvident
for grins
ill-considered
dim-witted
humorous
chucklesome
amusing
riotous
uproarious
hysterical
killing
entertaining
slapstick
side-splitting
rib-tickling
comedic
humoristic
sidesplitting
hysteric
screaming
antic
facetious
priceless
ludicrous. laughable
happy
cheery
good-humoured
UK
good-humored
US
cheerful
hearty
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lacking vigour or interest
insipid
boring
dull
spiritless
uninteresting
vapid
anemic
US
anaemic
UK
bloodless
characterless
lifeless
ordinary
wishy-washy
zestless
commonplace
middle-of-the-road
lacking charisma
lacking personality
run-of-the mill
not amounting to much
weak
feeble
flat
lacklustre
UK
uninspired
lackluster
US
tame
poor
bland
inadequate
puny
lame
half-hearted
ineffective
ineffectual
unimaginative
pale
etiolated
enervated
pallid
vigourless
impotent
powerless
halfhearted
inferior
listless
languid
unenthusiastic
passive
apathetic
limp
droopy
meek
colourless
UK
irresolute
melancholic
melancholy
languishing
passionless
dispirited
torpid
depressed
mopy
unmoved
lackadaisical
desiccated
dejected
dry
submissive
despondent
low
spineless
languorous
unimpassioned
uninspiring
wooden
gutless
unconcerned
dopey
down
subdued
inanimate
downhearted
indifferent
draggy
slothful
sad
blah
broken
drippy
indecisive
cowardly
blue
disconsolate
downcast
colorless
US
down in the dumps
flat tire
lacking in vitality
down in the mouth
cast down
unexciting
sterile
tedious
drab
mundane
trite
dreary
stale
tired
humdrum
prosaic
run-of-the-mill
featureless
vacuous
grey
UK
jejune
monotonous
undistinguished
gray
US
banal
pedestrian
mediocre
lustreless
plain
barren
unremarkable
watery
tiresome
nondescript
nothing
unexceptional
vanilla
wearisome
unmemorable
soulless
milk-and-water
unstimulating
flavourless
UK
ho-hum
driveling
US
drivelling
UK
inane
flavorless
US
hackneyed
unanimated
average
tasteless
antiseptic
hacky
neutral
corny
dead
stodgy
uneventful
inoffensive
beige
bromidic
mousy
common or garden
stupid
innocuous
run of the mill
vacant
zero
as dry as dust
bog-standard
arid
dry as dust
nowhere
ho hum
nothing to write home about
non-stimulating
unromantic
least
unpalatable
Milquetoast
routine
second-rate
undistinctive
platitudinous
stuffy
dull as ditchwater
unappealing
pabulum
waterish
sapless
nerdy
wimpy
quotidian
workaday
unoriginal
matter-of-fact
weary
jading
threadbare
mechanical
leaden
heavy
unadventurous
derivative
derived
conventional
indistinctive
faceless
noncommittal
indeterminate
stiff
deadening
unspirited
yawnsome
no great shakes
monochromatic
irksome
lacking excitement
plebeian
lacking interest
unrelieved
dull as dishwater
vague
empty
indescribable
unclassified
common
unclassifiable
garden
everyday
plain vanilla
uninventive
stock
muted
greyish
UK
unimpressed
uncreative
ponderous
heavy-handed
yawn
gloomy
dingy
blending into the background
lusterless
pastel
unlustrous
washed out
sombre
UK
dull-coloured
faded
grayish
US
dusty
somber
US
phoned in
old hat
pointless
namby-pamby
prosy
weariful
soft
mild
nebbish
fatuous
tenuous
slight
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of or full of expression
expressive
moving
vivid
poignant
striking
meaningful
passionate
suggestive
artistic
eloquent
emotional
graphic
intense
revealing
significant
stirring
strong
ardent
charged
descriptive
energetic
evocative
indicative
lively
meaning
powerful
pregnant
revelatory
sympathetic
telling
allusive
deeply felt
demonstrative
emphatic
forcible
imaginative
indicating emotion
indicating feeling
inspired
visionary
alive
animated
articulate
brilliant
colourful
UK
colorful
US
communicative
dramatic
easy-to-read
full of emotion
full of feeling
indicating
ingenious
masterly
mobile
open
pictorial
picturesque
pointed
representative
representing
responsive
sensitive
showy
signifying
silver-tongued
spirited
stimulating
tender
thoughtful
touching
understanding
warm
symbolic
effusive
uninhibited
clear
redolent
affecting
informative
speaking
cogent
chatty
talkative
forthcoming
telltale
unreserved
gushing
vocal
deep
inspiring
fluent
persuasive
loquacious
fervent
expansive
verbose
creative
illuminating
unrestrained
outgoing
fiery
touchy-feely
garrulous
voluble
impassioned
candid
illustrative
forceful
coherent
explanatory
compelling
lucid
vehement
rich
conversational
lifelike
convincing
figurative
mouthy
gabby
gossipy
enthusiastic
impactful
feeling
profound
expository
loving
heartfelt
mournful
reminiscent
aesthetic
UK
detailed
sad
definite
intriguing
evocatory
haunting
resonant
fervid
multiloquent
multiloquous
gassy
talky
remindful
symptomatic
weighty
graceful
visual
zealous
delineated
vigorous
realistic
effective
affectionate
well-spoken
representational
esthetic
US
sentimental
sententious
smooth-spoken
emotive
characteristic
emblematic
delineative
frank
impressive
exciting
sincere
thrilling
original
conversable
approachable
allegorical
outspoken
denotative
beautiful
windy
cuddly
friendly
elegant
fine
inventive
doleful
tasteful
stirred
explicative
uplifting
soulful
significative
depictive
consequential
intelligible
unconstrained
warmhearted
vibrant
poetic
influential
illuminative
exegetic
hot-blooded
elucidatory
cultivated
full
knowing
cultured
refined
perceptive
interpretive
inspirational
lovey-dovey
glib
free-spoken
giving an inkling
comprehensible
quick
feverish
connotative
mellifluous
flaming
plainspoken
free
fanatical
melodramatic
important
graphical
exuberant
heated
burning
torrid
direct
impelling
facile
insightful
authoritative
definitive
passional
inspiriting
punchy
insinuating
distinct
loud
giveaway
active
glowing
blazing
upsetting
heart-warming
perfervid
highly coloured
smooth-tongued
symbolical
incandescent
superheated
religious
mellifluent
purposeful
heartbreaking
irresistible
red-hot
warm-blooded
heart-rending
rousing
illustrational
diagrammatic
true to life
grand
heartrending
soul-stirring
pictoric
iconographic
tragic
tear-jerking
relevant
indicatory
significatory
high-powered
hard-hitting
evidential
noticeable
evoking
changing
ever-changing
changeable
sophisticated
discerning
affirmative
positive
loaded
arty
resonating
impressionistic
exemplary
blunt
betraying
cooperative
obliging
helpful
warming
enunciatory
tactual
tactile
cheering
cheerful
gladdening
vociferous
forthright
paradigmatic
emblematical
resonant with
remindful of
extroverted
seminal
unmistakable
strident
well-expressed
arousing
anthemic
encouraging
calling up
clamorous
noisy
plain-spoken
momentous
fecund
insinuative
insinuatory
tragicomic
emotion-charged
adumbrative
eager
arresting
insistent
excited
committed
assiduous
earnest
dedicated
steadfast
allegiant
nicely spoken
heartening
instigative
elevating
enriching
inspirative
improving
stunning
gripping
breathless
provoking
affective
affable
extrovert
fierce
wild
declarative
faithful
memorable
unforgettable
authentic
keen
understandable
frenzied
elucidative
decorative
lovely
stylish
scintillating
sharp
provoking doubt
denoting
token
effortless
well-versed
natural
interpretative
explicatory
exemplifying
ornamental
exquisite
messianic
violent
interesting
fascinating
calculating
boisterous
unselfconscious
raging
tumultuous
uncontrollable
consuming
elevated
flowery
sly
enigmatic
cunning
hip
theatrical
fresh
grandiloquent
magniloquent
exegetical
explanative
expositive
typical
explaining
pleasing
efficient
raucous
venting
stentorian
round
impulsive
impetuous
ungovernable
sonorous
mellow
valid
pithy
true-to-life
sharply-etched
crystal clear
capable
ebullient
steamed up
high-pressure
stimulated
precipitate
headlong
hotblooded
quickened
wordy
prompt
copious
confident
self-assured
running
cursive
disputatious
declamatory
assured
attractive
dynamic
evincive
communicable
enlightening
hinting
connoting
reflective
exhibitive
oracular
solemn
impish
arch
wise
teasing
mischievous
playful
able
ringing
motivational
authoritarian
pivotal
motivating
swayful
alluring
masterful
efficacious
subtle
aesthetically pleasing
rational
reasoned
pertinent
sufficient
successful
sample
illustratory
specifying
metaphoric
imagistic
comparative
clarifying
corroborative
full-bodied
melodious
plausible
on the ball
aggressive
logical
material
charming
mighty
histrionical
trenchant
well-founded
well reasoned
imposing
satisfying
credible
puissant
reasonable
unanswerable
theatric
sound
acute
well founded
performant
powerhouse
storming
flamboyant
explicit
musical
harmonious
ideal
rhythmical
sublime
illustrated
dulcet
fruity
booming
temperamental
effervescent
vivacious
zestful
scenic
shocking
lurid
startling
phat
canorous
bright
rotund
silvery
zesty
animate
peppy
vital
blithe
bitter
painful
distressing
excitable
susceptible
sketched
engraved
portrayed
painted
blocked-out
depicted
etched
seen
pictured
pictographic
marked-out
outlined
traced
circumstantial
far-reaching
photographic
well-drawn
piteous
pitiful
well drawn
perspicuous
well defined
well delineated
well expressed
unequivocal
precise
incisive
concrete
buoyant
zippy
bouncy
high-spirited
sparky
pitiable
disturbing
saddening
sorrowful
heartwarming
overcharged
tempestuous
roused
classificatory
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Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness
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nesh
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limp
devitalized
done in
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rusty
paralyzed
US
run-down
washed out
on the ropes
out of condition
out of shape
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