pathosnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈpeɪ.θɒs/us/ˈpeɪ.θɑːs/literarythe power of a person, situation, piece of writing, or work of art to cause feelings of sadness, especially because people feel sympathy:
There's a pathos in his performance which he never lets slide into sentimentality.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sympathy & compassion
- a good listener idiom
- a shoulder to cry on idiom
- aw
- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
- better luck next time idiom
- cloud
- feel for sb
- fellow feeling
- go out to sb
- hard luck! idiom
- hard/tough cheese! idiom
- poor
- relate
- relate to sb
- sad
- sensitive
- shoulder
- solace
- sympathy vote
- understanding
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