Synonyms for pathos
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pey-thos, -thohs, -thaws |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪ θɒs, -θoʊs, -θɔs |
Définition of pathos
Origin :- "quality that arouses pity or sorrow," 1660s, from Greek pathos "suffering, feeling, emotion, calamity," literally "what befalls one," related to paskhein "to suffer," and penthos "grief, sorrow;" from PIE root *kwent(h)- "to suffer, endure" (cf. Old Irish cessaim "I suffer," Lithuanian kenčiu "to suffer," pakanta "patience").
- noun deep sadness
- Into these last words there crept the pathos of one who knew.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- They have left here the marks of tragedy, of pathos, or of joy.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Our disaster was too awful, and the pathos of that solitary survivor too piercing.
- Extract from : « The Comrade In White » by W. H. Leathem
- The poem is full of pathos and humour; full of beauty and grandeur, earnestness and truth.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- Her beautiful eyes, so full of pathos, so full of remorse, looked straight into his.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- It was the pathos of Meg herself—not the fact that she had to work—that appealed to Miles.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
- "Forgive me," she said, and there was a strain of pathos in her voice.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- The element of comicality in this aspect of war is greatly outweighed by that of pathos.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- Surely that is a lovely story, full of real sweetness and pathos.
- Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
- The pathos of the situation and the Eironeia at its maximum.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
Antonyms for pathos
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