[1825–35; bath(os) + -etic, on the model of pathetic]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: archaic, breakdown, cliché, electrolyte, torque
Examples of 'bathetic' in a sentence
bathetic
Many of these stories finish with a bathetic, melancholic shrug.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)
Sometimes, however, the bathetic setups and relentlessly jocular tone begin to wear.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
It all added a slightly bathetic touch to the evening.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He is the degenerate scion of a bathetic culture.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Er, no, is the somewhat bathetic answer.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
If the aftermath seems bathetic, it wasn't for long.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Today, posters from this era seem ironic, almost bathetic in their aspiration.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There are occasional moments of bathetic humour in this grim family saga.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It's the spoken scripts that become naively bathetic.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
German phone company strikes a bathetic note.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Synonyms of 'bathetic'
anticlimactic, sentimental, mawkish
More Synonyms of bathetic
(adjective)
Synonyms
anticlimactic
sentimental
It's a very sentimental play.
mawkish
a sentimental plot with an inevitable mawkish ending
Additional synonyms
in the sense of mawkish
Definition
foolishly or embarrassingly sentimental
a sentimental plot with an inevitable mawkish ending
Synonyms
sentimental,
emotional,
feeble,
mushy (informal),
soppy (British, informal),
maudlin,
slushy (informal),
schmaltzy (slang),
icky (informal),
gushy (informal),
three-hankie (informal)
in the sense of sentimental
Definition
appealing to the emotions, esp. to romantic feelings