About The Word Bathos

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Bathos

Bathos Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Bathos?
[n] a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
[n] triteness or triviality of style [n] insincere pathos Synonyms | Synonyms for Bathos: anticlimax | mawkishness Related Terms | Find terms related to Bathos: anticlimax | bleeding heart | cloyingness | comedown | goo | hearts-and-flowers | heaviness | heaviness of heart | heavy heart | heavyheartedness | maudlinness | mawkishness | mush | mushiness | namby-pamby | namby-pambyism | namby-pambyness | nostalgia | nostomania | oversentimentalism | oversentimentality | pathos | romanticism | sadheartedness | sadness | sentiment | sentimentalism | sentimentality | slop | sloppiness | slush | soap opera | sob story | sweetness and light | tearjerker See Also | close | closing | conclusion | end | ending | expressive style | sentimentality | story | style Bathos In Webster's Dictionary \Ba"thos\, n. [Gr. ? depth, fr. ? deep.] (Rhet.)
A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing
or speech; anticlimax.
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