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pathos
noun
(pa-thos)
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
Synonyms:
commiseration
,
pity
,
ruth
,
pathos
noun
(pa-thos)
a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
Synonyms:
poignancy
,
Examples:
The film captured all the pathos of their situation.
pathos
noun
(pa-thos)
a style that has the power to evoke feelings
Words Related to
pathos
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poignancy
,
pity
,
commiseration
,
ruth
,
compassion
,
feelings
,
sentiments
,
ducks
,
sentimentality
,
melancholy
,
lyricism
,
profundity
,
poignance
,
subtlety
,
earnestness
,
humor
,
wistfulness
,
theatricality
,
bathos
,
tenderness
,
playfulness
,
soulfulness
,
emotion
,
gravitas
,
hilarity
,
bombast
,
emotionalism
,
melodrama
,
wryness
,
whimsy
,
mawkishness
,
poeticism
,
sappiness
,
triteness
,
romanticism
,
staginess
,
archness
,
didacticism
,
knowingness
,
impishness
,
sweetness
,
corniness
,
bravura
,
plaintiveness
,
nuance
,
emotionality
,
slyness
,
pensiveness
,
winsomeness
,
slapstick
,
schmaltz
,
grimness
,
creepiness
,
melodramatics
,
ruefulness
,
dreaminess
,
verisimilitude
,
brassiness
,
absurdism
,
impassivity
,
emoting
,
moroseness
,
grandiloquence
,
drollness
,
ingenuousness
,
sensuality
,
lucidity
,
malevolence
,
artifice
,
stylization
,
grand guignol
,
grotesquerie
,
surrealism
,
acerbity
,
carnality
,
abjection
,
facetiousness
,
tautness
,
inwardness
,
earthiness
,
brio
,
sordidness
,
verve
,
tearjerking
,
guilelessness
,
zaniness
,
tunefulness
,
sublimity
,
melancholia
,
lightheartedness
,
expressiveness
,
sauciness
,
interiority
,
mournfulness
,
whimsicality
,
mordant
,
naturalism
,
boyishness
,
melody
,
suavity
,
pathos
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