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anticlimax - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'anticlimax' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Anticlimax [ n.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'anticlimax' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . anticlimax [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a disappointing decline after a previous rise
Example in sentence:
  • the anticlimax of a brilliant career