Bathetic
/bəˈθɛtɪk/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characterized by or pertaining to bathos.
"The fall is indeed the archetypal bathetic motion, a sudden, surprising downward rush degrading the pretensions of posture and man's bipedal pride."
Adjective
- 1 effusively or insincerely emotional wordnet
Example
More examples"The fall is indeed the archetypal bathetic motion, a sudden, surprising downward rush degrading the pretensions of posture and man's bipedal pride."
Etymology
From bathos + -etic, based on the form of pathos and pathetic.