bathetic

Describes something that is overly sentimental or tries too hard to be emotional, often resulting in a cheap or insincere effect.

• 🇪🇸Describe algo excesivamente sentimental o que se esfuerza demasiado por ser emocional, lo que a menudo produce un efecto cursi, afectado o poco sincero.

1. Effusively or insincerely emotional C2 formal

   Characterized by an exaggerated, sentimental, or overly emotional tone that often feels forced or insincere.

   • The movie's bathetic ending made the audience roll their eyes.
   • His bathetic speech about lost love felt more like a performance than genuine grief.
   • The novel was criticized for its bathetic descriptions of poverty.

   🇪🇸Efusivo o insinceramente emotivo

   Sinónimos: effusivegushingmaudlinmawkishmelodramaticoveremotionalsaccharineschmaltzysentimentaltheatrical

   Antónimos: matter-of-factrestrainedunderstatedunemotionalunsentimental

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