| NOUN | attribute | pathos, poignancy | a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) |
|---|---|---|---|
| feeling | pathos, commiseration, pity, ruth | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | |
| communication | pathos | a style that has the power to evoke feelings |
| Sounds | pey'thaas | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | albatross ... semigloss: 20 rhymes with aas... | |
| Meaning | A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the film captured all the pathos of their situation" | |
| Synonym | poignancy | |
| Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
| Spanish | patetismo | |
| Meaning | A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | commiseration, pity, ruth | |
| Broader | sympathy, fellow feeling | Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) |
| Spanish | compasión, conmiseración, lástima, pena, piedad | |
| Catalan | commiseració, compassió, pietat | |
| Adjectives | pathetic | deserving or inciting pity |
| Meaning | A style that has the power to evoke feelings. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | expressive style, style | A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period |
| Spanish | pathos | |
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