Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bathetic \Ba*thet"ic\, a.
   Having the character of bathos. [R.]

Source : WordNet®

bathetic
     adj : effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";
           "maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness";
           "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy
           poetry" [syn: {drippy}, {hokey}, {maudlin}, {mawkish},
           {mushy}, {schmaltzy}, {schmalzy}, {sentimental}, {slushy}]