bathetic \buh-THET-ik\, adjective:
Displaying or characterized by insincere emotions
Most men are stoic after a first battle. They stare, pondering the enormity of the event. The death. The men they killed. The captain noticed that Brant wasn't one of those. His bathetic show of bravado was ludicrous, the captain had seen him sobbing earlier.
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insincerity is one of my pet peeves. I'll remember this word.
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