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pathos

English

  1. 🔊 a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
    “the film captured all the pathos of their situation”
  2. 🔊 a style that has the power to evoke feelings
  3. 🔊 a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
    “the blind are too often objects of pity”

Similar words

poignancy commiseration pity ruth bathos benevolence bitterness bleakness caring cheerlessness chord clemency comfortlessness commiseration compassion concern condolence depression discomfort dismalness distress distressfulness dreariness echo