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bathos

/ˈbeɪθɒs/

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noun

Cursilería, sensiblería barata

Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.

Examples :

"The politician's speech, filled with forced tears and exaggerated stories of hardship, was pure bathos, failing to move anyone and instead eliciting only awkward silence. "

El discurso del político, lleno de lágrimas forzadas e historias exageradas de dificultades, era pura sensiblería barata, no logrando conmover a nadie y, en cambio, provocando solo un silencio incómodo.

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noun

Profundidad

Examples :

"The play started with intense drama, but the forced, sentimental ending quickly descended into bathos, leaving the audience disappointed. "

La obra comenzó con un drama intenso, pero el final forzado y sentimental descendió rápidamente a la profundidad, dejando al público decepcionado.

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Banalidad, caída repentina

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

Examples :

"The movie's dramatic climax, intended to be deeply moving, devolved into bathos when the hero, instead of delivering a powerful speech, slipped on a banana peel. "

El clímax dramático de la película, que pretendía ser profundamente conmovedor, se convirtió en banalidad cuando el héroe, en lugar de pronunciar un discurso poderoso, resbaló con una cáscara de plátano.

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Caída, descenso repentino

(the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.

Examples :

"The play was building to a dramatic climax, but the hero tripping over a cat at the crucial moment introduced a sudden and hilarious bathos that had the audience roaring with laughter. "

La obra se estaba construyendo hacia un clímax dramático, pero el héroe tropezando con un gato en el momento crucial introdujo una repentina e hilarante caída que hizo reír a carcajadas al público.

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Punto más bajo, nadir

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

Examples :

"After getting fired from the prestigious law firm and then failing to open his own practice, his career reached a real bathos. "

Después de ser despedido del prestigioso bufete de abogados y luego de no poder abrir su propia práctica, su carrera llegó a un verdadero nadir.

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