Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Bathos /(bā"thŏs)/ · Ba·thos · IPA /ˈbeɪθɒs/ 01 n. A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax. 1. A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.(Rhet.)