bathos
bathos is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absurd
- absurdity
- absurdness
- alogy
- anticlimax
- awkward
- baroque
- bear
- bizarre
- blunder
- bombast
- bombastic
- boutade
- buffoonery
- bull
- burlesque
- comedy
- comical
- comicality
- commit
- contemptible
- contradictory
- dancing
- delusion
- derisive
- disorder
- doggerel
- droll
- drollery
- drollish
- eccentric
- eccentricity
- egregious
- escapade
- exaggeration
- extravagance
- extravagant
- fanciful
- fantastic
- farce
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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