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Bathos

🔄 Synonyms of "Bathos"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
anticlimaxnoun	A failed or reverse climax, particularly:
mawkishnessnoun	The property of being mawkish.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bathos"

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Word	Definition
mawkishnessnoun	The property of being mawkish.
anticlimaxnoun	A failed or reverse climax, particularly:
maudlinismnoun	A maudlin condition.
overdramaticsnoun	Excessive dramatics.
melodramaticsnoun	Overemotional, exaggerated behavior calculated for effect.
oversentimentalitynoun	Excessive sentimentality.
bombastnoun	(figurative) High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
alembicationnoun	The act of making something more refined or pure; distillation.
overdramatizationnoun	The act or process of overdramatizing.
heroicsnoun	The actions of a hero.
overwroughtnessnoun	The property of being overwrought.
histrionicsnoun	Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.
melodramanoun	(countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.
overlaudationnoun	Excessive laudation.
highfalutin	(US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
oversolemnitynoun	Excessive solemnity.
dramaticismnoun	The habit of performing actions in a histrionic manner.
hyperbolenoun	(uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
overeffusivenessnoun	The quality of being overeffusive.
rhapsodynoun	(by extension) (sometimes with a negative connotation) An exaggeratedly enthusiastic or exalted expression of feeling in speech or writing.