anticlimax meaning

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anticlimax (noun): a disappointing decline after a previous rise.

anticlimax has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

anticlimax as a noun

  1. a disappointing decline after a previous rise
    • the anticlimax of a brilliant career

    Type of: fall

    Related forms: anticlimactic

  2. a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

    Synonyms: bathos

    Type of: conclusion

    Related forms: anticlimactic

Scrabble score: 21 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AN · words ending in AX · 10-letter words

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