pathos[noun]Synonyms: sadness, pitifulness, plaintiveness, poignancy
Related Words: bathos [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pa‧thos /ˈpeɪθɒs $ -θɑːs/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Greek;
Origin: 'suffering, feeling, disease', from paschein; ⇒ pathetic]
the quality that a person, situation, film, or play has that makes you feel pity and sadness:
the pathos of the woman trying to keep her lover [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲