adjective🔗Share矫揉造作,假惺惺. Characterized by or pertaining to bathos."The graduation speech, which started with inspiring stories of perseverance, ended with a bathetic plea for everyone to recycle, completely undermining its earlier impact. "那篇毕业演讲,开头讲的是鼓舞人心的奋斗故事,但结尾却变成了一段矫揉造作的、呼吁大家回收利用的恳求,完全破坏了前面营造的效果。literaturestylewritinglanguagecharacteremotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading