English dictionary

bathos

/'b/eI//T//A/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

triteness or triviality of style

noun.communication

Source: WordNet 3.0
insincere pathos

noun.feeling

Synonyms mawkishness

Source: WordNet 3.0
a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

noun.communication

Synonyms anticlimax

Source: WordNet 3.0
A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

noun

Source: webster1913