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bathetic
Word definitions for bathetic in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1834, from bathos on the model of pathetic , which, however, does not come directly from pathos (see pathetic ), so the formation is either erroneous or humorous. Bathotic (1863, perhaps on model of chaotic ) is not much better.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Characterized by or pertaining to ''bathos''.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bathetic \Ba*thet"ic\, a. Having the character of bathos. [R.]
Usage examples of bathetic.
Once he has stepped on the inevitable machinery of fate that will carry him to his bathetic denouement, nothing he can say or do will alter his lot.
I brought my lute so that I could accompany myself while I tell you my bathetic story.
Its head bobbed frantically from side to side, but despite its terror, it could only emit a bathetic cooing.
She represses all bathetic this-will-be-the-last-thing-I-smell thought-patterns.
He paused in this bathetic reflection, for thinking of Uri had reminded him of something.
But at every turn Laidlaw updates the Lovecraftian tone, juxtaposing typically Lovecraftian passages with images that are almost bathetic in their mingling of everyday items and cosmic horror: a mandala descends "like a vast black sentient ceiling fan," while in its target's mind "something deeply rooted in all the errors and apprehensions of matter, sent a momentary spasm through her muscles, a surge of animal panic.