Pathos

//ˈpeɪˌθɑs//

Synonyms for "pathos" (81 found)

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Translations

26 translations across 13 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • патос noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 哀婉 noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)
  • 悲愴 /悲怆 noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)
  • 感傷 /感伤 noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)
  • 感染力 noun (a writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals)

Danish

1 entries
  • patos noun (a writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • patoso noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)

Finnish

3 entries
  • paatos noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)
  • paatos noun (a writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals)
  • tunteisiin vetoaminen noun (a writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals)

French

1 entries
  • pathétique noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)

Greek

2 entries
  • πάθος noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)
  • πάθος noun (a writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals)

Japanese

2 entries
  • パトス noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)
  • 悲愴 noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)

Polish

1 entries
  • patos noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • pathos noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)
  • patos noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)
  • páthos noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)

Russian

4 entries
  • воодушевле́ние noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)
  • па́фос noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)
  • па́фос noun (a writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals)
  • подъём noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)

Spanish

1 entries
  • pathos noun (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)

Swedish

1 entries
  • patos noun (a writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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The pathos is too much.

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I was intrigued by the pathos in your work.

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What is this pathos for?

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What is all this pathos for?

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