Bathos — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

triteness or triviality of style

insincere pathos

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kæsˈiəɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɑːkɪsɪmbˈɒlɪkəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɑːkɪsɪmbˈɒlɪkəl/

2 syllables Say it as /kæsˈiəɹi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

anticlimax mawkishness

Word Forms

mawkish	adjective	effusively or insincerely emotional
anticlimactic	adjective	of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

bain

banalité ou trivialité du style

🇪🇸Spanish

trivialidad

trivialidad o trivialidad de estilo

🇮🇹Italian

bagno

banalità o banalità di stile

🇳🇱Dutch

batho's

banaliteit of trivialiteit van stijl

🇵🇹Portuguese

banho

banalidade ou trivialidade de estilo

🇷🇺Russian

батос

банальность или тривиальность стиля

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अचानक पतन

शैली की तुच्छता या तुच्छता

🇧🇩Bengali

স্নান

শৈলীর তুচ্ছতা বা তুচ্ছতা

🇮🇳Tamil

குளியல்

அற்பத்தனம் அல்லது பாணியின் அற்பத்தனம்

🇮🇳Telugu

స్నానాలు

శైలి యొక్క ట్రిట్నెస్ లేదా అల్పత

🇮🇳Marathi

स्नान

शैलीची क्षुल्लकता किंवा क्षुल्लकता

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્નાન

શૈલીની તુચ્છતા અથવા તુચ્છતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ನಾನ

ಶೈಲಿಯ ಕ್ಷುಲ್ಲಕತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಕ್ಷುಲ್ಲಕತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബാത്ത്സ്

ശൈലിയുടെ നിസ്സാരത അല്ലെങ്കിൽ നിസ്സാരത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਾਥੋਸ

ਸ਼ੈਲੀ ਦੀ ਤਿੱਖੀਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਮਾਮੂਲੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

غسل

اسلوب کی تنگی یا معمولی پن

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

巴托斯

风格的陈腐或琐碎

🇯🇵Japanese

バトス

スタイルの陳腐さまたは些細さ

🇰🇷Korean

부실한 감상

스타일의 진부함 또는 사소함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bồn tắm

sự tầm thường hoặc tầm thường của phong cách

🇹🇭Thai

อาบน้ำ

ความซ้ำซากหรือเรื่องเล็กน้อยของสไตล์

🇮🇩Indonesian

kecengengan

gaya yang basi atau remeh

🇵🇭Filipino

paliguan

triteness o triviality ng istilo

🇲🇾Malay

mandi

triteness atau remeh gaya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حمام

الابتذال أو تفاهة الأسلوب

🇮🇷Persian

حمام

ساده بودن یا بی اهمیت بودن سبک

🇹🇷Turkish

banyo

tarzın basitliği veya önemsizliği

🇮🇱Hebrew

אמבטיות

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