bathetic

🇬🇧 UK/bә'θetik/🇺🇸 US

GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Characterized by bathos; producing an anticlimax through an abrupt, disappointing drop from the serious to the trivial.

突降的；陈腐的；从崇高突然跌入平庸的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived

bathstem

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eticsuffix

=bathetic

Example Sentences

1.
The ending of the film was bathetic, undermining its serious tone.

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