pathos

Converse of object

• lend: The melodic ' sigh ' ( 79 ) of a falling 5th lends pathos to the piece.
• add: And as well as adding pathos to the film, Kong also manages to mash up a couple of freaking dinosaurs.
• bring: However, a performance of the role that brings that pathos out more effectively would give greater weight to the happy ending.
• have: She's written so much for the stage and screen that have so much pathos, which I find a very interesting angle.
• evoke: But he could evoke pathos, he could also be excessively sentimental.
• feel: Who can read the last phrase, the coming revolution in Europe, without feeling the most profound pathos?

Adjective modifier

• deep: On the one hand, they produce a theatrically enthralling combination of brilliant farce and deep pathos.
• real: Hulk's diary As with much of the best comedy, there are glimpses of real pathos here.
• great: And we read, the story told with great pathos, what happens next.
• genuine: Yet there is genuine pathos in the regrets and resentments of the two sisters.
• human: The medieval church was not really interested in the human pathos of the infant Jesus.
• certain: Peter, how- ever, supposed a certain pathos in Jesus ' question.

Modifies a noun

point: For extra pathos points, I should point out to my international readers that yesterday was supposed to be a statutory holiday in England.

Noun used with modifier

tender: In front of a work of such tender pathos the viewer is almost compelled to offer a hand in aid.

Preposition: of

• scene: The makers seem to be striving to recapture the pathos of the dinosaur scenes in Disney's Fantasia -- they fail.
• situation: The emotional and comedic power of that final episode is drawn primarily from the characters and the pathos of the situation.
• thing: So much beauty and pathos of old things passing away and no new things coming.
• story: By making the film as a cartoon, the directors emphasize the childish pathos of the story rather than its political context.

Preposition: with

humor: Balances pathos with humor, despite the subject matter.