bathetic

/bəˈθɛtɪk/
adjective
  1. Overly sentimental or emotional in a way that seems fake or exaggerated; trying too hard to be sad or touching.
    • His bathetic speech about his lost cat didn't move the audience.
    • The movie's bathetic ending made everyone roll their eyes.
    • The novel was full of bathetic descriptions of suffering.
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