The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PATHOS which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 2000.
Power to evoke pity crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PATHOS | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Power to evoke pity
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pathos
- pitiable
- bathos
- mercy
- evocative
- trite
- call
- remind
- hard
- affecting
- move
- pathetic
Crossword Answer definitions
PATHOS noun- The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.
- A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions such as pity.
- An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
- In theology and existentialist ethics following Kierkegaard and Heidegger, a deep and abiding commitment of the heart, as in the notion of "finding your passion" as an important aspect of a fully lived, engaged life.
- Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.
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