Definition: a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
Usage: the film captured all the pathos of their situation
Similar words: quality
Definition: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Usage: the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare
Synonyms: pathos
Definition: a style that has the power to evoke feelings
Similar words: expressive style, style
Definition: 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
Usage: all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper
Synonyms: commiseration, ruth, pathos, pity
Definition: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
Usage: the blind are too often objects of pity
Similar words: sympathy, fellow feeling
Definition: sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)