He fancied he saw something pathetically innocent in that frightened, sickly little face.
They look pathetically at you and hold big red hearts and felt flowers and things, in a slightly creepy way.
Despite looking like a little bruiser, he's incredibly needy, pathetically grateful for any kindness or attention shown him.
There was also something wonderfully refreshing in having characters swear when they're in trouble, rather than using pathetically tame, mild profanity.
He would have yelled something like, "How I feel about Sarah is none of your goddamn business and if you're so pathetically insecure maybe you don't deserve her!"
