'Bathos' definitions:
Definition of 'bathos'
(from WordNet)
noun
Triteness or triviality of style
noun
Insincere pathos [syn: mawkishness, bathos]
noun
A change from a serious subject to a disappointing one [syn: anticlimax, bathos]
Definition of 'Bathos'
From: GCIDE
- Bathos \Ba"thos\ (b[=a]"th[o^]s), n. [Gr. ba`qos depth, fr. baqy`s deep.] (Rhet.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax. [1913 Webster] bath towel
Synonyms of 'bathos'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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