187 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ pˈe͡ɪθɒs], [ pˈe‍ɪθɒs], [ p_ˈeɪ_θ_ɒ_s]

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Similar words for pathos:

• attribute (noun)
• commiseration (noun)
• deep sadness (noun)
• descent (noun)
• deterioration (noun)
• feeling (noun)
• heavy heart (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• pathos (noun)
• poignancy (noun)
• sob story (noun)
• other synonyms
• Ruth
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for pathos

Hyponyms for pathos

Synonyms for Pathos:

• n.

  •
  • apologetic,
  • remorseful,
  • penitent,
  • rueful,
  • contrite,
  • guilty,
  • someone will live to regret something,
  • repentant,
  • regretful.
  • attribute (noun)
  • poignancy,
  • pathos.
  • commiseration (noun)
  • commiseration.
  • deep sadness (noun)
  • passion,
  • plaintiveness,
  • sentiment,
  • poignance,
  • pitiableness,
  • pitifulness,
  • desolation.
  • descent (noun)
  • Downs,
  • Downcome.
  • deterioration (noun)
  • descent.
  • feeling (noun)
  • sensitivities,
  • empathy.
  • heavy heart (noun)
  • broken hearts,
  • agony mind,
  • heaviness heart,
  • heavy-heart.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • sob story,
  • fellow feeling,
  • style,
  • sympathy,
  • agony of mind,
  • heavy heart,
  • emotion,
  • broken heart,
  • quality,
  • heaviness of heart,
  • feeling,
  • expressive style.
  • pathos (noun)
  • pity.
  • poignancy (noun)
  • woe.
  • sob story (noun)
  • heartbreaker,
  • human interest,
  • hardship tale,
  • emotional appeal,
  • tale of woe,
  • maudlin plea,
  • tearjerker.

• Other synonyms:

  • Ruth
  • ruth.
  •
  • bathos.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • clemency,
  • mitigation,
  • mournfulness,
  • sentimentality,
  • intensity,
  • sorrowfulness,
  • Supportance,
  • affection,
  • sympathetic response,
  • mushiness,
  • sensation,
  • favor,
  • preoccupied,
  • endurance,
  • echo,
  • disoriented,
  • handicapped,
  • nuance,
  • expressiveness,
  • expression,
  • self-pity,
  • schmaltz,
  • bewildered,
  • feeble,
  • pardon,
  • sadness,
  • involvement,
  • grace,
  • insult,
  • impression,
  • vibes,
  • dreariness,
  • woefulness,
  • forgiveness,
  • distressfulness,
  • sloppiness,
  • maudlinism,
  • leniency,
  • unable,
  • pain,
  • joylessness,
  • modesty,
  • bleakness,
  • vibrations,
  • favour,
  • Sweetness,
  • chagrin,
  • mercy,
  • charity,
  • soppiness,
  • befuddled,
  • kindness,
  • depression,
  • sorrow,
  • Dismalness,
  • schmaltziness,
  • loudness,
  • consciousness,
  • relief,
  • sultan of swat,
  • ardour,
  • tolerance,
  • response,
  • sharpness,
  • gooeyness,
  • tenderness,
  • weepiness,
  • identification,
  • disgrace,
  • heavyheartedness,
  • affected sadness,
  • over-emotionalism,
  • shame,
  • helpless,
  • shading,
  • Relating,
  • ickiness,
  • caring,
  • impotent,
  • scandal,
  • distress,
  • powerless,
  • sensitivity,
  • disabled,
  • spirit,
  • sufferance,
  • sympathetic chord,
  • concern,
  • chord,
  • grievousness,
  • quarter,
  • Comfortlessness,
  • reprieve,
  • humanity,
  • nostalgia,
  • painfulness,
  • heaviness,
  • tearfulness,
  • discomfort,
  • gushiness,
  • corn,
  • emotionalism,
  • reproach,
  • bemused,
  • note,
  • humiliation,
  • compassion,
  • condolence,
  • lamentation,
  • forbearance,
  • intonation,
  • sharing,
  • irretrievable,
  • weak,
  • depth,
  • vibration,
  • inspiration,
  • grief,
  • suffering,
  • corniness,
  • hopeless,
  • benevolence,
  • tone,
  • cheerlessness,
  • stickiness,
  • responsiveness,
  • drippiness,
  • tackiness,
  • love,
  • bitterness,
  • romanticism,
  • experience,
  • softness,
  • mawkishness,
  • touch,
  • accent.

Paraphrases for Pathos:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    Sympathies.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    Emotions, ducks, affections, passions, Sentiments.

Hyponym for Pathos:

• n.

  • attribute
    quality.
  • communication
    style, expressive style.