Pathos

Pathos [ PEY-thos, -thohs, -thaws ]
	[ noun ]
	MEANING :
	1. an emotion or sentiment of sorrow or sympathy 2. a quality that evokes sadness or pity
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The air was rife with pathos as mourners started to arrive for the funeral.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	What is less surprising is to learn that a particularly deadly form of kamikaze aircraft, a piloted rocket that could reach speeds of 880kph, was given the name "Ohka" falling cherry blossom, a name whose poetic pathos and imagery of youthful sacrifice was lost on the US sailors at whom it was aimed.