1. A change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
   "The speech ended in bathos when he forgot his closing lines";
   - anticlimax
    
2. Triteness or triviality of style
   "The poem's attempt at profundity descended into bathos"
    
3. Insincere pathos
   "The movie's ending descended into bathos, ruining its emotional impact";
   - mawkishness

Derived forms: bathoses

Type of: close, closing, conclusion, end, ending, expressive style, sentimentality, soppiness, style

Part of: story

Encyclopedia: Bathos