anticlimax

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.

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anti·cli·mactic (-kl-mktk) adj.

anti·cli·macti·cal·ly adv.

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anticlimax

Noun

a disappointing conclusion to a series of events

anticlimactic adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 bathos 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..."

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anticlimax

noun disappointment, letdown, comedown (informal) bathos << OPPOSITE climax

Translations

anticlimax [æntɪˈklaɪmæks] n → decepción f

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anticlimax [ˈæntɪˈklaɪmæks] n → déception f

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anticlimax [ˈæntɪˈklaɪmæks] n → Enttäuschung f

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