Difference between Pathetic and Contemptible

PATHETIC vs CONTEMPTIBLE: NOUN

The fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye.
Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos.
Expressing or showing anger; passionate.
Arousing or deserving of scornful pity.
Arousing or deserving of sympathetic sadness and compassion.
Deserving or inciting pity
Inspiring mixed contempt and pity
The superior oblique muscle of the eye.
Inspiring scornful pity
Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.
Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.
A style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.

Trochlear: in reference to the superior oblique muscle.
Expressing or showing passion; passionate.
Full of pathos; affecting or moving the feelings; exciting pity, sorrow, grief, or other tender emotion; affecting: as, a pathetic song or discourse; pathetic expostulation.
In anatomy, trochlear: in designation of or reference to the fourth crania1 nerve.

Synonyms Contemptible, Despicable, Paltry, Pitiful, abject, base, worthless, sorry, low. Contemptible is unworthy of notice, deserving of scorn, for littleness or meanness; it is generally not so strong as despicable, which always involves the idea of great baseness: as, a contemptible trick; despicable treachery. Paltry and pitiful are applied to things which from their insignificance hardly deserve to be considered at all: as, a paltry excuse; a sum of money pitifully small. In pitiful, the pity seems to apply to the one foolish enough to offer, etc., the pitiful tiling. Pitiful is often applied to persons. What is paltry is of no consequence; what is pitiful is absurdly unequal to what it should be. See pitiful.
Contemptuous: as, to have a contemptible opinion of one.
Held in contempt; despised; neglected.
Not worthy of consideration; inconsiderable; paltry; worthless: generally used with a negative.
Worthy of contempt; meriting scorn or disdain; despicable; mean: said of persons or things.

Disgraceful, Laughable, Misfortunate, Unfortunate, Poor, Hapless, Undignified, Piteous, Silly, Miserable, Contemptible, Wretched, Ridiculous, Pitiable, Pitiful

Shameful, Vile, Disgraceful, Reprehensible, Low down, Low, Scurvy, Miserable, Scummy, Pitiable, Abject, Ignoble, Pitiful, Pathetic, Despicable

Disgraceful, Laughable, Misfortunate, Unfortunate, Poor, Hapless, Undignified, Piteous, Silly, Miserable, Contemptible, Wretched, Ridiculous, Pitiable, Pitiful

Shameful, Vile, Disgraceful, Reprehensible, Low down, Low, Scurvy, Miserable, Scummy, Pitiable, Abject, Ignoble, Pitiful, Pathetic, Despicable

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This article is pathetic just like the pathetic idiots who believe the pathetic loser who wrote it.