Associations to the word «Bathos»

BATHOS, noun. (now uncommon) Depth.

BATHOS, noun. (literature) (the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to

BATHOS, noun. Anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low.

BATHOS, noun. Banality: unaffectingly cliché or trite treatment of a topic.

BATHOS, noun. Immaturity: lack of serious treatment of a topic.

BATHOS, noun. Hyperbole: excessiveness, particularly overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.

BATHOS, noun. (literature) (the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.

BATHOS, noun. (uncommon) A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.

BATHOS, noun. Triteness or triviality of style.

BATHOS, noun. Insincere pathos.

BATHOS, noun. A change from a serious subject to a disappointing one.