How to pronounce pathetic in American English
“pathetic” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to pathetic the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “pathetic” in: all accents · British English (176 clips)
“pathetic” in real sentences — American speakers
45 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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And one day she said, "I I I have my pathetic her words, pathetic little tasks
National Archives
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They are by and large pathetic.
The Obama White House
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very -- I think he's a pathetic candidate, especially for Texas.
The White House
Words that sound like “pathetic”
Words one sound away from pathetic — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pathetic. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.