- 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) Source: wordnet
- 3. n. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others Source: wordnet
- 4. n. a style that has the power to evoke feelings Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 7. n:100 n. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) n. a style that has the power to evoke feelings Source: ecdict
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