Bathos
Bathos noun - The state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion).
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Synonyms for Bathos
Sarcasm
Sarcasm noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.
Bathos and sarcasm are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bathos" instead a noun "Sarcasm".
Nearby Words: sarcastic, sarcastically
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Dinsdale Piranha is incredibly violent but his brother Doug is far more terrifying because he used...sarcasm.Luigi Vercotti: [visibly shaken] He knew all the tricks — dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and satire.
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The London Gangster Doug Piranha would use sarcasm, bathos, puns, and other techniques to terrify his enemies.
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