Bathos — meaning in English

English meaning

• bathos noun Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.

Senses

Bathos is used for these senses in English:

• bathos (literature, the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to:

bathos — full definition

1. noun Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
2. noun A risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to
3. noun A risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to:
4. noun An anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low.