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Synonyms for bathos

noun

melodrama, maudlinness, triteness; see pathos, sentimentality. See syn. study at pathos.

See bathos in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun

The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional:

maudlinism, mawkishness, sentimentalism, sentimentality. (Informal) mush, mushiness, schmaltz, schmaltziness, sloppiness. (Slang) sappiness. See feelings

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