The team was pretty bad last year, but this year they're downright 'pathetic'.
The story he told was a 'pathetic' attempt to cover up a lie.
I could hear her 'pathetic' [='pitiful'] cries for help.
(..) I wanna go with you. I told you, didn't I? You're not coming home with me. I live alone! My swamp! Me! Nobody else! Especially useless, pathetic, annoying, talking donkeys! - But I thought-- - Yeah. You know what? You thought wrong! Shrek. (..)2001 Shrek