bathetic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite effusively or insincerely emotional
    sentimental; schmalzy; mushy; soppy; kitschy; hokey; slushy; soupy; maudlin; schmaltzy; mawkish; drippy.
    • a bathetic novel
    • maudlin expressions of sympathy
    • mushy effusiveness
    • a schmaltzy song
    • sentimental soap operas
    • slushy poetry

WordNet


Ba*thet"ic adjective
Definitions
  1. Having the character of bathos. R.

Webster 1913