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pa·thet·ic
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affecting
If you describe something such as a story or a piece of music as affecting, you think it is good because it makes you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity. -
antipathetic
having or arousing a strong aversion -
bluff
A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it. -
hapless
unlucky; luckless; unfortunate. -
pathetic fallacy
the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea. -
tearjerker
a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.