Anticlimax - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌæntɪˈklaɪmæks|
Brit.
|æntɪˈklæɪmæks|
noun
- a disappointing decline after a previous rise
the anticlimax of a brilliant career
- a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one (syn: bathos)Extra examples
The last chapter of the book was an anticlimax.
The movie ended in anticlimax.
Going back to work after a month travelling in China was bound to be an anticlimax.
Word forms
noun
singular: anticlimax
plural: anticlimaxes
singular: anticlimax
plural: anticlimaxes
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