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bathetic
ba·thet·ic
[
bə théttik
]
adjective
Definition:
1.
showing bathos:
showing or characterized by bathos
2.
trite:
trite, commonplace, or absurdly sentimental
[
Late 18th century. <bathos, after
pathos, pathetic
]
ba·thet·ic·al·ly
adverb
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