Anticlimax

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  • noun. A decline viewed in disappointing contrast with a previous rise.
  • noun. Something trivial or commonplace that concludes a series of significant events.
  • noun. A sudden change in speaking or writing from the impressive or significant to the ludicrous or inconsequential, or an instance of this.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A figure or fault of style, consisting in an abrupt descent from stronger to weaker expressions, or from the mention of more important to that of less important things: opposed to climax.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.
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  • noun. A break in the final crescendo or climax of a narrative, producing a disappointing end.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a disappointing decline after a previous rise
  • noun. a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
    • Word Usage
    "Any event stages or sponsored by them is gonna be an exercise in anticlimax, no matter what."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    close  closing  conclusion  downfall  end  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Trilling  aimlessness  animality  automaticity  behold  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bathos  comedown  
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