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单词 bathetic
释义

bathetic

[ buh-thet-ik ]
/ bəˈθɛt ɪk /
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adjective

displaying or characterized by bathos: the bathetic emotionalism of soap operas.

Origin of bathetic

1825–35; bath(os) + -etic, on the model of pathetic

OTHER WORDS FROM bathetic

ba·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bathetic

bathetic , pathetic

Words nearby bathetic

Bath chap, bath cube, bathe, bather, bathers, bathetic, bathhouse, Bathinette, bathing beauty, bathing cap, bathing costume
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Example sentences from the Web for bathetic

  • To esteem a man in inverse ratio to the amount of remarkable blood he has inherited is, to say the least, bathetic.

    The Soul of the Far East|Percival Lowell
  • The man spoke earnestly, but a third person and extraneous hearer could hardly avoid being struck by the bathetic conclusion.

    Rhoda Fleming, Complete|George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for bathetic

bathetic
/ (bəˈθɛtɪk) /

adjective

containing or displaying bathos
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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