bathos
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/ˈbeɪθɒs/
English
Definitions
noun
- Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
- Depth.
- (the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to
- (the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.
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Synonyms
anticlimaxbanalitytritenesschewing the scenery,hamminesscheesinesssappinesstreaclinesstweenesscallownessimmaturitymawkishnessmaudlinismoverdramaticsmelodramaticsoversentimentalitybombastalembication