bathos in Dutch
bathos in Dutch is valse pathos — bathos means exaggerated or sickly-sweet attempts to stir up pathos.
bathos in Dutch
valse pathos
Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
What does "bathos" mean?
- noun Exaggerated or sickly-sweet attempts to stir up pathos.
- noun A work of art's laughably weak failure to produce the effect on its audience that it was aiming for.
- noun A ridiculous failure by a piece of art or writing to have the emotional effect it was meant to have.
- noun A sudden drop from something serious or grand to something ordinary or silly.
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What is "bathos" in Dutch?
"bathos" in Dutch is valse pathos. bathos means: Exaggerated or sickly-sweet attempts to stir up pathos.
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