bathetic

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  1. adjective Characterized by bathos. See Synonyms at sentimental.

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  • Some of the worst absurdities and the most bathetic lines occur in the parts of the two lovers for which Mrs. Haywood disclaims responsibility, but even the best passages of the play add nothing to the credit of the reviser. —  The Life and Romances of Mrs Eliza Haywood
  • Getting older, wondering where the excitement went. —  The Legacy of Heorot
  • The girl was a natural athlete who was fearless in the trees. —  The Best Revenge
  • 'going home to mother' is humiliatingly bathetic, but that's what I've decided to do and it is sensible. —  The Lighthouse
  • Even the newspapers caught the bathetic tone. —  Washington Irving
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Probably blend of bathos and pathetic.

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  1. from bathos, on type of pathetic, from pathos.
 

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/bəˈθɛtɪk/
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