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[sex goddess]

16d Sentimental, mawkish. ??T?E?I?

[jno]

pathetic?

[emeritus]

Pathetic

[Oldred]

bathetic ?

[murraymints]

bathetic

[tyrepill]

Bathetic

[sex goddess]

Thanx to you all it must be Bathetic if 15a is ABSORBS

[DTCwordfan]

I thought with your name here, it would be erotic or a derivative of that.

[murraymints]

derives from Bathos...anticlimaxix

[sex goddess]

Thanks again, DTcrosswordfa I@m more Pathetic than EROTIC

[DTCwordfan]

wilkipedia definition

Bathos (Greek βάθος, meaning depth) is an abrupt transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect. While often unintended, bathos may be used deliberately to produce a humorous effect. If bathos is overt, it may be described as Burlesque or mock-heroic. As used in English bathos originally referred to a particular type of bad poetry, but it is now used more broadly to cover any seemingly ridiculous artwork or bad performance. It should not be confused with pathos, a mode of persuasion within the discipline of rhetoric, intended to arouse emotions of sympathy and pity.

[jno]

which means it ought to be pathetic, not bathetic.