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: poignance, poignancy
Definition: a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
Usage: a moment of extraordinary poignancy
Similar words: sorrow, sorrowfulness, sadness
Definition: the state of being sad
Usage: she tired of his perpetual sadness