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bathos
('b/eI//T//A/s )

noun (n)

  • triteness or triviality of style(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • insincere pathos(noun.feeling)
    Synonym:
    mawkishness
    source: wordnet30
  • a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    anticlimax
    source: wordnet30
  • A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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