Anticlimax Definition
ăntē-klīmăks, ăntī-
anti-climax
noun
A decline viewed in disappointing contrast with a previous rise.
The anticlimax of a brilliant career.
American Heritage
A sudden drop from the dignified or important in thought or expression to the commonplace or trivial, sometimes for humorous effect.
Webster's New World
Something trivial or commonplace that concludes a series of significant events.
After a week of dramatic negotiations, all that followed was anticlimax.
American Heritage
A descent, as in a series of events, which is in ludicrous or disappointing contrast to a preceding rise.
Webster's New World
A sudden change in speaking or writing from the impressive or significant to the ludicrous or inconsequential, or an instance of this.
American Heritage
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