Bathos
31bathos — [ beɪθɒs] noun (in literature) an unintentional change in mood from the important and serious to the trivial or ridiculous. Derivatives bathetic bə θɛtɪk adjective Origin C17: from Gk, lit. depth …
32bathos — n. Anticlimax, false sublime, moral sublime, sham exaltation, the fatal step from the sublime to the ridiculous, bombast …
33bathos — n 1. anticlimax, comedown, letdown, bringdown, drop. 2. triteness, triviality, superficiality, shallowness; inanity, insipidness, emptiness, vacuity, vapidity, jejuneness; dullness, lifelessness, deadness, staleness; weakness, thinness, wishy… …
34bathos — ba·thos …
35bathos — UK [ˈbeɪθɒs] / US [ˈbeɪˌθɑs] noun [uncountable] literature a sudden change in speech or writing from a serious or important subject to one that is silly or ordinary …
36bathos — ba•thos [[t]ˈbeɪ θɒs, θɔs, θoʊs[/t]] n. 1) a ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the commonplace; anticlimax 2) insincere pathos; sentimentality 3) triteness in style • Etymology: 1630–40; < Gk: depth …
37bathos — /ˈbeɪθɒs / (say baythos) noun 1. a ludicrous descent from the elevated to the commonplace; anticlimax. 2. triteness or triviality in style. 3. insincere pathos; sentimentality. {Greek: depth} –bathetic /bəˈθɛtɪk/ (say buh thetik), adjective …
38bathos — n. anticlimax with humorous effect; spurious pathos; triteness …
39bathos — n. an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the absurd or trivial; a commonplace or ridiculous feature offsetting an otherwise sublime situation; an anticlimax. Derivatives: bathetic adj. bathotic adj. Etymology: Gk, = depth …
40bathetic — bathos ► NOUN ▪ (in literature) an unintentional change in mood from the important and serious to the trivial or ridiculous. DERIVATIVES bathetic adjective. ORIGIN Greek, depth …
