BATHETIC
bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy
(adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional; “a bathetic novel”; “maudlin expressions of sympathy”; “mushy effusiveness”; “a schmaltzy song”; “sentimental soap operas”; “slushy poetry”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
bathetic (comparative more bathetic, superlative most bathetic)
Characterized by or pertaining to bathos.
Source: Wiktionary
Ba*thet"ic, a.
Definition: Having the character of bathos. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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