Bathos

['beɪθɒs] or ['beθɑs]

Definition

(noun.) triteness or triviality of style.

Edited by Emily--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

Checker: Thelma

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Anticlimax.

Edited by Leopold

Definition

n. a ludicrous descent from the elevated to the mean in writing or speech.—adj. Bathet′ic irregularly formed on the analogy of pathos pathetic.

Editor: Randolph