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Meaning of BATHETIC

Pronunciation:  bu'thetik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
 
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 Synonyms: emotional, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ba*thet"ic\, a.
Having the character of bathos. [R.]
 
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