bathos
/ˈbeɪθɒs/
noun
- 1
Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
- 2
Depth.
- 3
(the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to
- 4
(the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.
- 5
A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.
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