Bathetic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bathetic \Ba*thet"ic\, a.
     Having the character of bathos. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]