denouement
denouement
Definition
de·noue·ment (dā′no̵̅o̅ män′)
noun
- the outcome, solution, unraveling, or clarification of a plot in a drama, story, etc.
- the point in the plot where this occurs
- any final revelation or outcome
Etymology: Fr < dénouer, to untie < dé- (L dis-), from, out + nouer, to tie < L nodare, to knot < nodus, a knot: see node
denouement
Synonyms
denouement
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- story: The denouement of the story is, ahem, the Chelsea Flower Show!
- film: And that's obviously what the denouement of the film is about.
Possessives
- story: There are, I think, a number of problems with the story's denouement.
- book: This skill becomes important at the book's denouement which, it must be said, is not wholly convincing.
Converse of object
- provide: Typically Wilson provides a denouement that is truly strange and unexpected.
- reach: Janey challenges her mother for the attentions of Cady until the struggle for control reaches a tragic denouement.
- have: Unusually, the play has yet another denouement; perhaps more important than the revelation of Cassie's affair with Michael.
- see: Surely you want to see the denouement of Wayne Rooney's Foot?
- horrify: In this horrifying denouement resulting from the clash of multiple perspectives, the audience confronts the dead, wounded, and defiant.
- reveal: I've been asked not to reveal the final denouement but this tense thriller will keep you guessing right to the end.
Adjective modifier
- tragic: Janey challenges her mother for the attentions of Cady until the struggle for control reaches a tragic denouement.
- final: With the shares beating a swift passage south, the final denouement started at a board meeting on August 12.
- shocking: Be prepared for blood curdling shrieks and shocking denouements.
- dramatic: There are many twists and turns and a dramatic denouement at the end.
- unexpected: To how many questions did this unexpected denouement give rise?
- grand: But they stopped it before the grand denouement, before George fed his amazing concoction to his granny.
Modifies a noun
- profile: Lastly, this 'gestalt overview ' or VLE denouement profile is compared to a set of theoretical design principles.
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