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pathetic

How many syllables in pathetic?

  3 syllables

Divide pathetic into syllables:   pa-thet-ic
Stressed syllable in pathetic:   pa-thet-ic
How to pronounce pathetic:   puh-thet-ik
How to say pathetic:

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Synonyms for pathetic


1 syllable
  • soft
    2 syllables
    • boneless
    • sorry
    • useless
    • moving
    • spineless
    • weedy
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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    What rhymes with pathetic

    3 syllables
    • acetic
    • ascetic
    • balletic
    • cometic
    • eidetic
    • frenetic
    • genetic
    • kinetic
    • magnetic
    • noetic
    • paretic
    • phonetic
    • phyletic
    • prophetic
    • pyretic
    • syncretic
    • synthetic
    • Venetic
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
    6 syllables
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