Bathos

n.

1.

(Rhet.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

Noun	1.	bathos - triteness or triviality of style
	2.	bathos - insincere pathos Synonyms: mawkishness
	3.	bathos - a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one Synonyms: anticlimax

anticlimax, bleeding heart, cloyingness, comedown, goo, hearts-and-flowers, heaviness, heaviness of heart, heavy heart, heavyheartedness, maudlinness, mush, mushiness, namby-pamby, namby-pambyism, namby-pambyness, nostalgia, nostomania, oversentimentalism, oversentimentality, pathos, romanticism, sadheartedness, sadness, sentiment, sentimentalism, sentimentality, slop, sloppiness, soap opera, sob story, sweetness and light, tearjerker