an·ti·cli·max ( n t -kl  mks, 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). an ti·cli·mactic (-kl-mkt k) adj.an ti·cli·macti·cal·ly adv. |
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| Adj. | 1. | anticlimactic - of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style |
| 2. | anticlimactic - coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot; "everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic" climactic - consisting of or causing a climax; "a climactic development" |
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