Pathetic+quality

  • 1(a) pathetic excuse for something — a pathetic/poor/sad/excuse for something informal phrase someone or something that is of very bad quality We have a failing economy and a pathetic excuse for a President. Thesaurus: something that is of very bad quality …

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  • 2pathos — noun a) That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic… …

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  • 3Pathos — Pa thos (p[=a] th[o^]s), n. [L., from Gr. pa qos a suffering, passion, fr. paqei^n, pas chein, to suffer; cf. po nos toil, L. pati to suffer, E. patient.] That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and… …

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  • 4Lawrence Sheriff School — Infobox UK school name = Lawrence Sheriff School size = latitude = 52.3713 longitude = 1.2555 dms = motto = motto pl = established = 1878 approx = closed = c approx = type = Voluntary aided grammar religion = president = head label = Headmaster… …

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  • 5Gregorio Allegri —     Gregorio Allegri     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Gregorio Allegri     A member of the same family which produced the painter Correggio, born at Rome c. 1580; died 1652. He was attached to the cathedral at Fermo, as a beneficiary priest, and… …

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  • 6pathos — n. 1. Passion, warmth of feeling, tender emotion. 2. Pathetic quality, tender tone, patheticalness …

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  • 7Motorway — is a term for both a type of road and a classification or designation. Motorways are high capacity roads designed to carry fast motor traffic safely. In the United Kingdom they are predominantly dual carriageway roads, with a minimum of two lanes …

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  • 8literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 9Great Britain road numbering scheme — The numbering zones for A B roads in Great Britain The Great Britain road numbering scheme is a numbering scheme used to classify and identify all roads in Great Britain. Each road is given a single letter, which represents the road s category,… …

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  • 10Roads in Ireland — Ireland, both north and south of the border, has an extensive network of roads. Northern Ireland has had motorways since 1962, and has well developed primary routes. With the advent of the Celtic Tiger and European Union funding, most national… …

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