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单词 bathetic
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Definition of bathetic in English:

bathetic

adjective bəˈθɛtɪkbəˈθɛdɪk
  • Producing an unintentional effect of anticlimax.

    the movie manages to be poignant without becoming bathetic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ‘fear’ argument is absurd, bathetic, and self-congratulatory.
    • This line could be a motto for his work, which uses unremarkable language to great effect - here registering a disappointment so pervasive that even its expression is bathetic.
    • With its energetic cast and insistent street score, it still manages to be poignant without becoming bathetic, and violent without being exploitative.
    • Yes, it could be shorter, even though some story lines are crudely truncated, and the four false endings are a bathetic anti-climax, but Jackson's journey benefits from the lulls.
    • The contrast between this astonishing piece of political theatre, televised around the planet, and another event a couple of days later, is so staggering, it is bathetic to mention them in the same column.
    Synonyms
    anticlimactic, disappointing, disillusioning
    mawkish, sentimental

Rhymes

aesthetic (US esthetic), alphabetic, anaesthetic (US anesthetic), antithetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, cosmetic, cybernetic, diabetic, dietetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, emetic, energetic, exegetic, frenetic, genetic, Helvetic, hermetic, homiletic, kinetic, magnetic, metic, mimetic, parenthetic, pathetic, peripatetic, phonetic, photosynthetic, poetic, prophetic, prothetic, psychokinetic, splenetic, sympathetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, telekinetic, theoretic, zetetic

Definition of bathetic in US English:

bathetic

adjectivebəˈθɛdɪkbəˈTHedik
  • Producing an unintentional effect of anticlimax.

    the movie manages to be poignant without becoming bathetic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With its energetic cast and insistent street score, it still manages to be poignant without becoming bathetic, and violent without being exploitative.
    • The contrast between this astonishing piece of political theatre, televised around the planet, and another event a couple of days later, is so staggering, it is bathetic to mention them in the same column.
    • This line could be a motto for his work, which uses unremarkable language to great effect - here registering a disappointment so pervasive that even its expression is bathetic.
    • Yes, it could be shorter, even though some story lines are crudely truncated, and the four false endings are a bathetic anti-climax, but Jackson's journey benefits from the lulls.
    • The ‘fear’ argument is absurd, bathetic, and self-congratulatory.
    Synonyms
    anticlimactic, disappointing, disillusioning
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