What is another word for bathos?
Pronunciation:
[ bˈaθə͡ʊz], [ bˈaθəʊz], [ b_ˈa_θ_əʊ_z]
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Synonyms for Bathos:
n.
• communication (noun) • feelings (noun) • figure of speech (noun)- apostrophe,
- malapropisms,
- malapropism,
- alliteration,
- tropes,
- metonymy,
- onomatopoeias,
- synecdoche,
- adumbration,
- way of speaking,
- anaphora,
- Asyndeton,
- proteron,
- oxymoron,
- antistrophe,
- aposiopesis,
- alliterations,
- litotes,
- apostrophes,
- echoism,
- Ellipses,
- Tropology,
- turn of phrase,
- manner of speaking,
- metonymies,
- onomatopoeia,
- ellipsis,
- communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device,
- oxymora.
- ending,
- melodramas,
- hokum,
- close,
- schmaltziness,
- melodrama,
- Sentimentalism,
- sentimentality,
- anticlimax,
- agony of mind,
- closing,
- sloppiness,
- heavy heart,
- schmaltz,
- conclusion,
- end,
- Sappiness,
- figure of speech,
- maudlinness,
- emotionalness,
- style,
- triteness,
- broken heart,
- mawkishness,
- maudlinism,
- mushiness,
- expressive style,
- heaviness of heart,
- gushiness.
Other synonyms:
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- interior monologue,
- storyline,
- poetic license,
- the first person,
- dramatic irony,
- writer's block,
- personify,
- anthropomorphic,
- trope,
- stream of consciousness,
- imagery,
- Deus Ex Machina.
- gossipy,
- spoof,
- commons,
- tread,
- musty,
- read,
- fuddle,
- depiction,
- goal,
- news report,
- terminology,
- blend,
- gutless,
- playfulness,
- floor,
- correspondence,
- heart,
- come together,
- account,
- stop,
- creaminess,
- unconstipated,
- articulation,
- mawkish,
- jest at,
- prefiguration,
- capable,
- gait,
- ridiculousness,
- linguistic communication,
- cohesiveness,
- cold,
- tired,
- context of use,
- issue,
- goof,
- imaging,
- sorrowfulness,
- nonsensicality,
- succeed,
- title,
- sin,
- bull through,
- splosh,
- linguistic process,
- gunk,
- temporary,
- faithlessly,
- ponderousness,
- stylus,
- affricative,
- shut,
- last,
- epanaphora,
- grandiloquence,
- vocalize,
- gloominess,
- subject area,
- standpat,
- depict,
- kitschy,
- viscidity,
- compassionate,
- fold,
- personation,
- contrived,
- fraudulent,
- mutual,
- head word,
- stereotypic,
- use,
- nomenclature,
- panache,
- imitation,
- gabby,
- metrics,
- subjugate,
- mushy,
- falsify,
- report,
- old-hat,
- bromidic,
- decision,
- accompany,
- poetic rhythm,
- muddiness,
- duplicitous,
- way,
- rue,
- lingua,
- institute,
- chronicle,
- travel along,
- bunk,
- discipline,
- platitude,
- forge,
- bastard,
- ground,
- garrulous,
- death,
- splatter,
- sophistication,
- fuzz,
- shame,
- lyric,
- set up,
- public speaker,
- take after,
- shew,
- fraud,
- foreshadowing,
- be,
- trifle,
- question,
- schmalzy,
- freak,
- psyche,
- headland,
- orator,
- grieve,
- off-key,
- adopt,
- kettle of fish,
- fudge,
- study,
- assumed,
- sport,
- footstep,
- head up,
- stock,
- rant,
- talk through one's hat,
- enactment,
- drippy,
- fashion,
- show,
- top dog,
- penny-pinching,
- puniness,
- picture,
- vogue,
- cease,
- closelipped,
- brain,
- dependent,
- field of study,
- moth-eaten,
- condole with,
- oral communication,
- pass,
- termination,
- spoken language,
- bagatelle,
- funniness,
- treasonably,
- phoney,
- pretended,
- fall out,
- shut down,
- launch,
- addle,
- narrative,
- sendup,
- fatuousness,
- content,
- double-tongued,
- pretender,
- cheeseparing,
- magniloquence,
- portrayal,
- coarse,
- affectionateness,
- role player,
- header,
- sirup,
- head teacher,
- corn whiskey,
- fix,
- lyre-flower,
- hot air,
- harlequinade,
- unimaginative,
- rough-cut,
- expression,
- gook,
- taradiddle,
- negotiation,
- opinion,
- fuckup,
- limn,
- papal bull,
- embody,
- traitorously,
- finale,
- vocalization,
- case,
- vocalisation,
- tarradiddle,
- out of true,
- fatuity,
- observe,
- inflection,
- ejaculate,
- cook,
- venal,
- tenderheartedness,
- steer,
- unhappiness,
- yard,
- trace,
- confining,
- corruptible,
- theme,
- talkative,
- second,
- vocalise,
- pseudo,
- rib,
- even,
- rate,
- habitue,
- jumble,
- slops,
- ornateness,
- blooper,
- pickle,
- channelize,
- bloomer,
- twist,
- slush around,
- phonation,
- registry,
- unkemptness,
- takeoff,
- fixture,
- treacle,
- part,
- utilisation,
- mental synthesis,
- oral sex,
- near,
- dash,
- clavus,
- foul-up,
- cornmeal mush,
- bribable,
- palaver,
- write up,
- postiche,
- base,
- viscidness,
- double-faced,
- humdrum,
- mess,
- clowning,
- compassion,
- pig,
- green,
- stereotypical,
- finis,
- mire,
- shopworn,
- oppressiveness,
- strapper,
- goat,
- postdate,
- botch,
- send-up,
- keep abreast,
- soppy,
- oddment,
- eclipsis,
- talky,
- merriment,
- faker,
- splash,
- interpreter,
- representative,
- meiosis,
- straits,
- mental imagery,
- dishonorable,
- park,
- conform to,
- monster,
- spineless,
- depicted object,
- found,
- personate,
- come after,
- glueyness,
- watch,
- affection,
- portmanteau,
- impostor,
- caput,
- constitute,
- mistaken,
- sour,
- pseud,
- unpredictable,
- step,
- disappointment,
- mode,
- plot line,
- blackguard,
- terminate,
- nonprogressive,
- slightness,
- turn of expression,
- hole,
- forgery,
- close-fitting,
- malaprop,
- veritable,
- soupy,
- tale,
- corn whisky,
- thought,
- rhythmic pattern,
- mind,
- plebeian,
- small beer,
- wretchedness,
- pursue,
- bruiser,
- narration,
- disaster,
- utilization,
- stick to,
- fill up,
- burdensomeness,
- closing curtain,
- shutting,
- poignancy,
- copper,
- sentimental,
- keep up,
- insurgent,
- clutter,
- emotionality,
- forcemeat,
- taurus,
- school principal,
- history,
- national,
- pettiness,
- abide by,
- soreness,
- diacritical mark,
- frivolity,
- platitudinal,
- play along,
- welter,
- polysemantic,
- drop the ball,
- pasquinade,
- catastrophe,
- diacritical,
- banality,
- maize,
- maverick,
- affricate consonant,
- imitative,
- sophistry,
- destruction,
- headway,
- laugh at,
- romance,
- crap,
- talks,
- fallacious,
- slosh around,
- view,
- nous,
- prank,
- empty words,
- phony,
- read/write head,
- chief,
- conversational,
- carelessness,
- thickness,
- vulgar,
- nigh,
- subject field,
- lampoon,
- apologue,
- snug,
- completion,
- imagination,
- weightiness,
- comply,
- play,
- make,
- conclude,
- ambidextrous,
- speechifier,
- faithful,
- mockery,
- swill,
- ratiocination,
- bullshit,
- pulp,
- unwashed,
- open,
- custom,
- lead,
- anthropomorphous,
- level,
- finish,
- grammatical construction,
- close up,
- manipulate,
- slovenliness,
- spoken communication,
- cheapness,
- grandiosity,
- stopping point,
- parable,
- ruth,
- softheartedness,
- guck,
- drumhead,
- elan,
- blurt,
- ornate,
- setting,
- terminal,
- sludge,
- unaired,
- channelise,
- jam,
- demonstrate,
- humanlike,
- culmination,
- boo-boo,
- slime,
- image,
- matter,
- pratfall,
- beginning rhyme,
- prosaic,
- janus-faced,
- samson,
- sob stuff,
- fustian,
- hokey,
- slushy,
- flair,
- manoeuvre,
- simulated,
- blurt out,
- sleaze,
- forefront,
- unglamorous,
- bungle,
- brokenheartedness,
- warmness,
- commiseration,
- stooge,
- tight,
- words,
- closedown,
- stuffy,
- unprogressive,
- two-faced,
- wangle,
- squish,
- wateriness,
- dusty,
- structure,
- surveil,
- point,
- spill,
- onerousness,
- glossa,
- uncouth,
- shutdown,
- atypical,
- prove,
- faux,
- sound,
- characterisation,
- shit,
- calamity,
- sham,
- muck,
- usual,
- vox,
- lingual,
- speech communication,
- direct,
- ruefulness,
- give,
- mop up,
- guide,
- cross-file,
- heading,
- closely,
- foreland,
- bromide,
- gimmick,
- stuff,
- dogsled,
- closure,
- trend,
- build,
- treacherously,
- shammer,
- delineation,
- dogshit,
- unglamourous,
- speech,
- fluff,
- plant,
- regret,
- duologue,
- figure,
- trivia,
- puddle,
- heartbreak,
- instal,
- espouse,
- watch over,
- close down,
- emblem,
- farce comedy,
- flub,
- misrepresent,
- usance,
- keep an eye on,
- spit,
- survey,
- sympathize with,
- promontory,
- knife,
- tonal language,
- imposter,
- heartache,
- corny,
- pigwash,
- install,
- closemouthed,
- vernacular,
- fancied,
- linguistic context,
- claptrap,
- frowsty,
- unorthodox,
- tightlipped,
- guerilla,
- ropiness,
- blah,
- present,
- speechmaker,
- schmaltzy,
- travesty,
- word picture,
- steady,
- headspring,
- secretive,
- exterminate,
- warmheartedness,
- unreal,
- skinny,
- fumble,
- remnant,
- roast,
- exercise,
- field,
- impersonate,
- deictic word,
- spokesperson,
- empty talk,
- goop,
- bull's eye,
- schmalz,
- fabricated,
- slosh,
- tempo,
- guy,
- delivery,
- misleading,
- silliness,
- mare's nest,
- fountainhead,
- gluiness,
- pigswill,
- blunder out,
- maudlin,
- storey,
- guinea pig,
- stick with,
- emphatic,
- word-painting,
- shmaltz,
- lugubriousness,
- bailiwick,
- lyreflower,
- remainder,
- topic,
- meaninglessness,
- poke fun,
- smother,
- manner,
- edible corn,
- cataclysm,
- put-on,
- horseshit,
- building,
- newsy,
- come,
- body,
- put on,
- record,
- boob,
- wishy-washy,
- squelch,
- maneuver,
- tat,
- head rhyme,
- butt,
- windup,
- airless,
- ooze,
- fable,
- double-dealing,
- guerrilla,
- voice communication,
- capitulum,
- fondness,
- principal,
- feel for,
- initial rhyme,
- stilted,
- drollery,
- sappy,
- stride,
- purchasable,
- fib,
- nonsense,
- circumstance,
- parody,
- determination,
- clapper,
- artful,
- lay down,
- employment,
- delusive,
- boner,
- manoeuver,
- file,
- gumminess,
- cash register,
- persuasion,
- loquacious,
- cop,
- absurdness,
- make fun,
- derision.
- heaviness,
- untruthful,
- tearjerker,
- emotionalism,
- bull,
- fusty,
- slush,
- disingenuous,
- sophism,
- slop,
- farce,
- false,
- stereotyped,
- sweetness and light,
- common,
- eccentricity,
- frippery,
- mouldy,
- stale,
- saccharinity,
- drippiness,
- Sweetness,
- triviality,
- sentiment,
- bombast,
- fictional,
- timeworn,
- blunder,
- bleeding heart,
- threadbare,
- fictive,
- buffoonery,
- fictitious,
- tackiness,
- lovey-doveyness,
- fake,
- comedy,
- tenderness,
- pity,
- tragedy,
- untrue,
- staleness,
- weepiness,
- misery,
- hackneyed,
- sorrow,
- laughingstock,
- romanticism,
- well-worn,
- commonplace,
- comedown,
- copybook,
- letdown,
- gooeyness,
- absurdity,
- cliche,
- corniness,
- goo,
- sob story,
- burlesque,
- soppiness,
- moldy,
- nostomania,
- bogus,
- bathetic,
- Slipslop,
- namby-pamby,
- stickiness,
- fun,
- delusory,
- grief,
- soap opera,
- Pedestrianism,
- corn,
- ickiness,
- ridicule,
- tearfulness,
- unmeaning,
- counterfeit,
- heavyheartedness,
- Unconformity,
- hearts-and-flowers,
- deceitful,
- sadness,
- trite,
- muddle,
- monstrosity,
- deceptive,
- over-emotionalism,
- platitudinous,
- cloyingness,
- banal,
- artificial,
- nostalgia,
- dishonest.
How to use "Bathos" in context?
Bathos is a word used to describe the grotesque, the exaggerated and the ridiculous in art and literature. It is a quality that can add amusement, excitement and delight to a work of art or writing. Bathos can be found in works of fiction, drama and poetry. Often, it creates a dissonance or clash with realism that give works of art an extra layer of richness.
Homophones for Bathos:
- bathetic, bitchy, buttocks, boutique, beauteous, bedaze, baptize, bowditch, baptise, bad guy, boat hook, bad check, batik, batidaceae, buttock, beads, budgie, bed check, butch, Bad Cheque, bitok, boat deck, bawdyhouse, bioattack, bvd's, boathouse, beats, bodega, bedeck, boothose, bats, bad egg, bodice, bitis, Bodge, Botox, bootes, bathhouse, bootjack, budge, botchy, Bydgoszcz, bioethics, baby doc, bodacious, boethius, betise, batch, beta decay, botch, booby hatch, bewitch, badge, biotitic, badaga, baptisia, biotic, batis.
Hyponym for Bathos:
n.
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communication
expressive style, style.
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communication
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