noun (n)

• a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  The film captured all the pathos of their situation.
  

  Synonym:
  poignancy
  

  source: wordnet30
• a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others(noun.feeling)

  Synonym:
  commiseration, pity, ruth
  

  source: wordnet30
• a style that has the power to evoke feelings(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry.(noun)

  source: webster1913
• The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to ethos.(noun)

  source: webster1913