Definition of Bathos

Ba´thos   Pronunciation: bā´thǒs
n.1.(Rhet.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.


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anticlimax, bleeding heart, cloyingness, comedown, goo, hearts-and-flowers, heaviness, heaviness of heart, heavy heart, heavyheartedness, maudlinness, mush, mushiness, namby-pamby, namby-pambyism, namby-pambyness, nostalgia, nostomania, oversentimentalism, oversentimentality, pathos, romanticism, sadheartedness, sadness, sentiment, sentimentalism, sentimentality, slop, sloppiness, soap opera, sob story, sweetness and light, tearjerker


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