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anticlimax

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an·ti·cli·max  (nt-klmks, nt-)
n.
1. A decline viewed in disappointing contrast with a previous rise: the anticlimax of a brilliant career.
2. Something trivial or commonplace that concludes a series of significant events: After a week of dramatic negotiations, all that followed was anticlimax.
3. A sudden descent in speaking or writing from the impressive or significant to the ludicrous or inconsequential, or an instance of it: "Waggish non-Yale men never seem weary of calling 'for God, for Country and for Yale' the outstanding single anticlimax in the English language" (Time).

anti·cli·mactic (-kl-mktk) adj.
anti·cli·macti·cal·ly adv.

anticlimax
Noun
a disappointing conclusion to a series of events
anticlimactic adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.anticlimax - a disappointing decline after a previous rise; "the anticlimax of a brilliant career"
downfall, fall - a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
2.anticlimax - a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
close, closing, ending, conclusion, end - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."

anticlimax
noun disappointment, letdown, comedown (informal) bathos << OPPOSITE climax
Translations
anticlimax [æntɪˈklaɪmæks] ndecepción f

anticlimax [ˈæntɪˈklaɪmæks] ndéception f

anticlimax [ˈæntɪˈklaɪmæks] nEnttäuschung f

anticlimax [ˈæntɪˈklaɪmæks] n it was an anticlimax → fu una completa delusione

anticlimax
n anticlimax [ӕntiˈklaimӕks]
a dull or disappointing ending to a play, activity etc after increasing excitement After the weeks of preparation, the concert itself was a bit of an anticlimax. antiklimaks هُبوط، خاتِمَة غَيْر مُشَرِّفَه жалък завършек zklamání antiklimaks die Entäuschung απογοητευτική κατάληξη anticlímax pettumus افت؛ نزول pettymys déception נְפִילָה, אַכזָבָה प्रतिकाष्ठा antiklimaks nagy csalódás antiklimaks spennufall; hnignun; vonbrigði delusione 尻すぼみ 용두사미 apvylimas atslābums antiklimaks anticlimax antiklimaks rozczarowanie anticlímax efect contrar; decepţie разочарование sklamanie razočaranje razočarenje antiklimax เหตุการณ์ที่จบลงอย่างจืด ๆ düş kırıklığına uğratıcı sonuç, ters etki 虎頭蛇尾 спад напруження; підупад عروج سے زوال ہونا ، معکوس sự giảm dần


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Anne felt that life partook of the nature of an anticlimax during the first few weeks after her return to Green Gables.
The delicious scent of rose-leaves that issued from the wardrobe made the process of taking out sheet after sheet of silver paper quite pleasant to assist at, though the sight of the bonnet at last was an anticlimax to Maggie, who would have preferred something more strikingly preternatural.
The apparently indifferent nature of the errand seemed to make a ridiculous anticlimax to my prevision and my agitation.
 
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