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pa·thos
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-pathy
indicating feeling, sensitivity, or perception -
antipathetic
having or arousing a strong aversion -
apathy
You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything. -
overplay
to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos. -
purple prose
writing that calls attention to itself because of its obvious use of certain effects, as exaggerated sentiment or pathos, especially in an attempt to enlist or manipulate the reader's sympathies. -
sob sister
a journalist who writes human-interest stories with sentimental pathos.