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anticlimax
noun
(an-ti-cli-max)
a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
Synonyms:
bathos
,
anticlimax
noun
(an-ti-cli-max)
a disappointing decline after a previous rise
Examples:
The anticlimax of a brilliant career.
Words Related to
anticlimax
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bathos
,
denouement
,
climax
,
letdown
,
cliffhanger
,
disappointment
,
cathartic
,
yawner
,
inevitability
,
catharsis
,
elation
,
afterthought
,
finality
,
bittersweet
,
bummer
,
shocker
,
suspense
,
exhilaration
,
crescendo
,
exultation
,
euphoria
,
embarrassment
,
epilogue
,
buzzkill
,
understatement
,
unexpectedness
,
despondency
,
surprise
,
thrill
,
snoozer
,
downer
,
deja vu
,
swan song
,
prelude
,
farce
,
coda
,
foreboding
,
comedown
,
swansong
,
epic
,
portent
,
ghastliness
,
spectacle
,
discomfiting
,
dread
,
foregone conclusion
,
goosebump
,
presentiment
,
grandiloquence
,
foreshadowing
,
apotheosis
,
weltschmerz
,
cliffhanging
,
formality
,
overkill
,
encore
,
danse macabre
,
triteness
,
humdinger
,
de trop
,
riveting
,
dubiety
,
threnody
,
momentousness
,
valediction
,
intermezzo
,
coup de foudre
,
eyeopener
,
pointlessness
,
fairytale
,
bagatelle
,
tearjerking
,
omen
,
intoxicating
,
inexplicability
,
inexorability
,
endlessness
,
ennui
,
fizzer
,
annus
,
agony
,
piquancy
,
slow handclap
,
dullsville
,
dress rehearsal
,
twelvemonth
,
trepidation
,
boringness
,
poetic justice
,
languor
,
tedium
,
frisson
,
fadeout
,
annus mirabilis
,
whimper
,
dud
,
ersatz
,
joylessness
,
irrelevance
,
tetchiness
,
anticlimax
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