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n. An abrupt, unintended transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.

n. An anticlimax.

n. Insincere or grossly sentimental pathos: "a richly textured man who . . . can be . . . sentimental to the brink of bathos” ( Kenneth L. Woodward).

n. Banality; triteness.

n. Depth, bottom.

n. An abrupt change in style, usually from high to low; an unintended transition of style; an anticlimax.

n. Triteness; triviality; banality.

n. Overly sentimental and exaggerated pathos.

n. A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

n. Depth; lowest part or stage; bottom.

n. A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the commonplace or ridiculous in writing or speech; a sinking; anticlimax.

n. Synonyms Fustian, Turgidness, etc. See bombast.

n. triteness or triviality of style

n. a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

n. insincere pathos

"Longinus's warning against bathos is a dangerous one for those who would take it too much to heart."

style    expressive style    conclusion    end    close    ending    closing    sentimentality   

anticlimax   

pompousness    underplot    bombast    juvenility    knavishness    pomposity    puffery    drollery    unnaturalness    buncombe