From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bathetic \Ba*thet"ic\, a.
Having the character of bathos. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bathetic
adj 1: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";
"maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness";
"a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy
poetry" [syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin,
mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy,
sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy]