HyperDic: bathos

English > 3 senses of the word bathos:
NOUNcommunicationbathostriteness or triviality of style
feelingbathos, mawkishnessinsincere pathos
communicationbathos, anticlimaxa change from a serious subject / subject to a disappointing one
English > bathos: 3 senses > noun 1, communication
Meaningtriteness or triviality of style.
Broaderexpressive style, styleA way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
English > bathos: 3 senses > noun 2, feeling
Meaninginsincere pathos.
Synonymmawkishness
Broadersentimentalityextravagant or affected feeling or emotion
Spanishsensiblería, sentimentalismo
English > bathos: 3 senses > noun 3, communication
MeaningA change from a serious subject / subject to a disappointing one.
Synonymanticlimax
Part ofstoryA piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
Broaderconclusion, end, close, closing, endingThe last section of a communication
Spanishanticlímax

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