bathos
1. triteness or triviality of style (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: expressive style, style 2. insincere pathos • Syn: mawkishness • Derivationally related forms: mawkish (for: mawkishness) • Hypernyms: sentimentality 3. a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one • Syn: anticlimax • Derivationally related forms: anticlimactic (for: anticlimax) • Hypernyms: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending • Part Holonyms: story
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