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Adjective: bathetic  bu'the-tik
  1. Effusively or insincerely emotional
    "a bathetic novel";
    - drippy, hokey [N. Amer], maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy, gooey, cutesy, cheesy, sappy [N. Amer]

See also: cornball [N. Amer], emotional, lovey-dovey

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