Definition of Bathetic

1. Adjective. Effusively or insincerely emotional. "Slushy poetry"


Definition of Bathetic

1. a. Having the character of bathos.

Definition of Bathetic

1. Adjective. Characterized by or pertaining to ''bathos''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bathetic

1. trite [adj] - See also: trite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bathetic

bath soap
bath time
bath times
bath towel
bath tub
bath water
bathbrush
bathbrushes
bathcube
bathcubes
bathe
bathed
bather
bathers
bathes
bathetic (current term)
bathetical
bathetically
bathful
bathfuls
bathhouse
bathhouses
bathing
bathing beaches
bathing beauties
bathing beauty
bathing box
bathing boxes
bathing cap
bathing caps

Literary usage of Bathetic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Through the Long Day: Or, Memorials of a Literary Life During Half a Century by Charles Mackay (1887)
"bathetic ! "interposed Mr. Campbell, "bathetic is a good word ... I think Coleridge uses bathetic," said Mr. ..."

2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"bathetic, pertaining to bathos. A fatal insensibility to the ludicrous and the bathetic.—Academy, July 3, 1875, p. 5. ..."

3. The Snare of Strength by Randolph Bedford (1905)
"Annie Johns, for instance, had to sing twice over a melancholy and bathetic song, which these humorless people enjoyed as the humorous enjoy humour: "There ..."

4. Psychology: General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd, ( (1907)
"In the first case, there is a plan of arrangement which can easily be apprehended and bathetic appreciation a form of feeling. ..."

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