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anticlimax
(redirected from anticlimactically)

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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 [ˌæntɪˈklaɪmæks]
n
1. a disappointing or ineffective conclusion to a series of events, etc.
2. a sudden change from a serious subject to one that is disappointing or ludicrous
3. (Literature / Rhetoric) Rhetoric a descent in discourse from the significant or important to the trivial, inconsequential, etc.
anticlimactic  [ˌæntɪklaɪˈmæktɪk] adj
anticlimactically  adv
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 His international career ended in anticlimax.
summit, height, highlight, top, peak, climax, high point, culmination, zenith
Quotations
"This is the way the world ends"
"Not with a bang but a whimper" [T.S. Eliot The Hollow Men]
Translations
anticlimax [ˈæntɪˈklaɪmæks] N
1. (= disappointment) → decepción f
what an anticlimax!¡qué decepción!
the book ends in anticlimaxla novela termina de modo decepcionante
the game came as an anticlimaxel partido no correspondió con lo que se esperaba
2. (Rhetoric) → anticlímax m inv

anticlimax [ˌæntiˈklaɪmæks] n
to be an anticlimax → être décevant(e)
His speech was a bit of an anticlimax
BUT Son discours était un peu décevant.

anticlimax [ˈæntɪˈklaɪmæks] ndelusione f
the game came as an anticlimax → la partita si rivelò una 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 antikliimaksi déception נְפִילָה, אַכזָבָה प्रतिकाष्ठा antiklimaks nagy csalódás antiklimaks spennufall; hnignun; vonbrigði delusione 尻すぼみ 비참한 결과 apvylimas atslābums antiklimaks anticlimax antiklimaks rozczarowanie anticlímax efect contrar; decepţie разочарование sklamanie razočaranje razočarenje antiklimax เหตุการณ์ที่จบลงอย่างจืด ๆ düş kırıklığına uğratıcı sonuç, ters etki 令人掃興的結果 спад напруження; підупад عروج سے زوال ہونا ، معکوس sự giảm dần


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With this agonizing setback, the Irish dipped to 8-3, and will likely have to stage their final sendoff to Holtz anticlimactically, in a non-alliance bowl.
 
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