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bathetic Definition

ba·thetic (bə t̸hetik)

adjective

characterized by bathos

Etymology: < bathos by analogy with pathetic

bathetic Related Forms
ba·theti·cally adverb
bathetic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • effect: Again this is for a bathetic effect - to make the reader laugh and make the author sound silly and absurd.
  • anecdote: The nameless Central American nation that Goldman has invented from his knowledge of Guatemala is a zone of bathetic anecdotes.

Browse dictionary entries near bathetic

  1. bathe
  2. Bath chair
  3. Bath brick
  4. bath
  5. batgirl
  6. batfowl
  7. batfish
  8. Batesian mimicry
  9. bateau
  10. bate
  1. bathhouse
  2. Bathinette
  3. bathing cap
  4. bathing suit
  5. bathmat
  6. batho-
  7. batholith
  8. bathometer
  9. bathos
  10. bathrobe