Anticlimax vs. Bathos

Anticlimaxnoun

A failed or reverse climax, particularly:

Anticlimaxnoun

(narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.

Anticlimaxnoun

(rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.

Anticlimaxnoun

A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; - the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.

Anticlimaxnoun

a disappointing decline after ad previous rise;

Anticlimaxnoun

a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

Bathosnoun

Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.

Bathosnoun

Depth.

Bathosnoun

Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to

Bathosnoun

anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low.

Bathosnoun

banality: unaffectingly cliché or trite treatment of a topic.

Bathosnoun

immaturity: lack of serious treatment of a topic.

Bathosnoun

hyperbole: excessiveness

Bathosnoun

The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.

Bathosnoun

(uncommon) A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.

Bathosnoun

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

Bathosnoun

triteness or triviality of style

Bathosnoun

insincere pathos

Bathosnoun

a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

Bathos

Bathos (UK: BAY-thoss; Greek: βάθος, lit. ) is a literary term, first used in this sense in Alexander Pope's 1727 essay , to describe an amusingly failed attempt at presenting artistic greatness.