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bathetic

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8 lettersPronunciation /bəˈθɛtɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abcehittStarts with BEnds with C0 clues
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Definitions

  1. effusively or insincerely emotional

Word origin

From bathos + -etic, based on the form of pathos and pathetic.

Used in a sentence

  • The fall is indeed the archetypal bathetic motion, a sudden, surprising downward rush degrading the pretensions of posture and man's bipedal pride.
  • It is possible that Shillibeer's bathetic end is the reason buses did not become universally known as 'Shillibeers'. Some operators had called their buses Shillibeers.

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