bathetic
UK/bəˈθɛtɪk/
bathetic adjective: characterized by or pertaining to bathos.
Adjective
bathetic (comparative more bathetic, superlative most bathetic)
- Characterized by or pertaining to bathos.
- The fall is indeed the archetypal bathetic motion, a sudden, surprising downward rush degrading the pretensions of posture and man's bipedal pride.1995, Rupert D. V. Glasgow, Madness, Masks, and Laughter: An Essay on Comedy, page 214
- To ask what it is that Don Quixote himself believes is to enter the visionary centre of his story. This curious blend of the sublime and the bathetic does not come again until Kafka, another pupil of Cervantes, would compose stories like "The Hunter Gracchus" and "A Country Doctor".2003 December 13, Harold Bloom, “The knight in the mirror”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- anticlimactic, banal, hammy, kitschy, bromidic, cheesy, stock, clichéd, commonplace, corny
bathetic meaning in Tamil
bathetic in Tamil
- தலைகீழான உணர்ச்சிப்போக்குடைய
Synonyms of bathetic
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Forms of bathetic
| comparative | more bathetic |
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| superlative | most bathetic |
Origin of bathetic
From bathos + -etic, based on the form of pathos and pathetic.
Words formed from bathetic
Questions about bathetic
- What does bathetic mean?
- Bathetic means characterized by or pertaining to bathos.
- What is bathetic in Tamil?
- Bathetic in Tamil is தலைகீழான உணர்ச்சிப்போக்குடைய. See Bathetic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bathetic?
- Bathetic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce bathetic?
- Bathetic is pronounced /bəˈθɛtɪk/ (UK).
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