| bathetic | (adj) effusively or insincerely emotional, Syn. mushy, slushy, soppy, hokey, schmalzy, kitschy, maudlin, soupy, drippy, sentimental, schmaltzy, mawkish, Example: a bathetic novel; maudlin expressions of sympathy; mushy effusiveness; a schmaltzy song; sentimental soap operas; slushy poetry |
| Bathetic | a. Having the character of bathos. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |