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pathos noun [ ˈpeɪθɒs ]

• a quality that evokes pity or sadness.
• "the actor injects his customary humour and pathos into the role"
Similar: poignancy, tragedy, sadness, pitifulness, piteousness, pitiableness, plaintiveness, sorrowfulness,
Origin: mid 17th century: from Greek pathos ‘suffering’; related to paskhein ‘suffer’ and penthos ‘grief’.

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