BATHETIC
Scrabble letter values: B3A1T1H4E1T1I1C3 = 15
Definition
- adjective effusively or insincerely emotional. — synonyms: drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy
Examples
- “a bathetic novel”
- “maudlin expressions of sympathy”
- “mushy effusiveness”