pathos

pathos is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

   "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"

   Synonyms: poignancy

3. noun. a style that has the power to evoke feelings
4. noun. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

   "the blind are too often objects of pity"

   Synonyms: commiseration, pity, ruth

Synonyms

poignancy, commiseration, pity, ruth

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pathos:

pashto, potash, sophta

Common word forms

pathoses

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