bathos [noun]

Definition of bathos:

insincere pathos

Synonyms of bathos:

● Mawkishness

● Sentimentality

● Anticlimax

● Sentimentalism

● Mushiness

● Sloppiness

● Schmaltz

● Maudlinism


Opposite/Antonyms of bathos:

● Exhilaration

● Cliffhanger

● Summit

● Enjoyment

● Victory

● Defeat

● Middle


Sentence/Example of bathos:

The serious message of the film is ruined by the bathos of its ridiculous ending.