Word of the Day – Bathos

Bathos (noun) (literary)

bay-thos

An effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous:

From the Greek, meaning depth.

Example sentences

“The bathos in the middle section of the story is frankly embarrassing.”

“Some authors use anti-climax and bathos deliberately, to bring the reader down before lifting him up again.”