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The Meaning of pathos

  • (n.) 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 quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry.

Synonyms

poignance , poignancy , commiseration , pity , ruth , compassion , shame , condolence

Rhymes

bathos