Synonyms for bathetic

Most common

mushy · slushy · maudlin · mawkish · hammy · anticlimactic

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Characterized by or pertaining to bathos.

Example sentences

• mushy The candy I had in my bag went mushy in the heat.
• maudlin Tom always gets maudlin when he's on the booze.
• anticlimactic The first half of the movie was captivating, but the ending was anticlimactic.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

stale¹, corny², mushy², gooey², banal², trite¹, sappy, hokey², hammy, soppy², soupy²

6 letters

slushy, syrupy, drippy

7 letters

maudlin², kitschy, mawkish²

9 letters

hackneyed², schmaltzy

10 letters

threadbare²

11 letters

sentimental⁴

13 letters

anticlimactic⁵, overemotional

15 letters

oversentimental

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (corny² = 2 syllables).