bathetic

• Décrit quelque chose d'excessivement sentimental ou qui s'efforce trop d'être émotionnel, produisant souvent un effet de mauvais goût ou d'artifice.

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

1. Effusively or insincerely emotionalC2formal

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

   d'une sentimentalité forcée ou insincère

   • 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.

   Synonymeseffusivegushingmaudlinmawkishmelodramaticoveremotionalsaccharineschmaltzysentimentaltheatrical

   Antonymesmatter-of-factrestrainedunderstatedunemotionalunsentimental