Definition of Bathos
a sudden change in a style of writing or speech that involves going from a complex or elaborate form to a trivial one, either in topic or wording
Examples of Bathos in a sentence
With a great deal of bathos, Lenny went from proclaiming his innocence to confessing he'd eaten the last slice of pumpkin pie. 🔊
It was pure bathos onstage when the singer switched from singing a classic aria to crooning nursery rhymes. 🔊
After Mike had a minor seizure during his speech, bathos became evident when his well-expressed words changed into childish babbling. 🔊
Bathos will change the play’s tone as soon as the audience realizes the corpse is nothing more than a big dog in a dress. 🔊
The bathos was apparent when the author wrote a simple ending to the complex tale. 🔊
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