[
UK
/ˌæntɪklˈaɪmæks/
]
NOUN
- a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
-
a disappointing decline after a previous rise
the anticlimax of a brilliant career
How To Use anticlimax In A Sentence
- She tried to dismiss the odd feeling of anticlimax she was experiencing.
- When you really look forward to something it's often an anticlimax when it actually happens.
- Any event stages or sponsored by them is gonna be an exercise in anticlimax, no matter what. Think Progress » ACLU will sue high school that canceled prom to stop lesbians from attending.
- It hardly mattered that the couple of tunes that followed were bound to seem a slight anticlimax. Times, Sunday Times
- Nobody will feel this sense of slight anticlimax more keenly than the Prime Minister. Times, Sunday Times
- the anticlimax of a brilliant career
- When you really look forward to something it's often an anticlimax when it actually happens.
- It was a sad anticlimax. Times, Sunday Times
- These kinds of glorious anticlimaxes that some fans take such issue with are part of what makes the show great.
- The holiday itself was rather an anticlimax after all the excitement of planning it.
