Thesaurus: pathos

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1. 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.
2. n. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
3. n. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
4. n. a style that has the power to evoke feelings
5. 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. The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe. T. Warton.
6. That quality or property of anything which touches the feelingsor excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tenderemotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth offeeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of apicture, of a poem, or of a cry.The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe. T.Warton.
7. n:100 n. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) n. a style that has the power to evoke feelings