Bathetic \Ba*thet"ic\, a.
Having the character of bathos. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bathetic
adj : effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";
"maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness";
"a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy
poetry" [syn: drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish,
mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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