- pathos, poignancy - a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"
--1 is a kind of quality
- commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos - a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"
--2 is a kind of sympathy, fellow feeling
- pathos - a style that has the power to evoke feelings
--3 is a kind of expressive style, style