bathos

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάθος (báthos, “depth”). Employed ironically following Alexander Pope's Peri Bathous, lampooning various errors in contemporary writers. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪθɒs/ Rhymes: -eɪθɒs === Noun === bathos (usually uncountable, plural bathoses) Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos. (literature, the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to: anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low; banality: unaffectingly clichéd or trite treatment of a topic; immaturity: lack of serious treatment of a topic; hyperbole: excessiveness. (literature, the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect. (uncommon) A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career. ==== Synonyms ==== (anticlimax): See anticlimax (artistic failure to inspire emotion): narm (artistic failure through banality): banality, triteness (artistic failure through triviality): immaturity, callowness (artistic failure through hyperbole): chewing the scenery, hamminess (artistic failure through overdone pathos): sappiness, cheesiness, tweeness, treacliness ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “depth”): See depth (antonym(s) of “artistic failure”): pathos (antonym(s) of “nadir”): See nadir ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === comic relief === Further reading === bathos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “bathos”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === TAH-BSO == Dutch == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βάθος (báthos, “depth”). === Noun === bathos m (uncountable, no diminutive) bathos Coordinate terms: logos, ethos, pathos === Further reading === bathos on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl