Antonyms for anticlimax


Grammar : Noun
Spell : an-ti-klahy-maks
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæn tɪˈklaɪ mæks


Definition of anticlimax

Origin :
  • "the addition of a particular which suddenly lowers the effect," 1701, from anti- + climax (n.).
  • noun ineffective conclusion
Example sentences :
  • Even as she bowed, there came a swift realization that she was facing no anticlimax.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • If there was to be much more of anything, it must have been of anticlimax.
  • Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton
  • After what he had been through, the Black Mass was necessarily an anticlimax.
  • Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
  • It would have been seeking an anticlimax to solicit any more in the building.
  • Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
  • It was an anticlimax which made her almost hysterical to contemplate.
  • Extract from : « Antony Gray,--Gardener » by Leslie Moore
  • There was anticlimax in Bear Cat after the guns had ceased to boom.
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine
  • But we began at the top; and when you have seen the best there is, everything else is anticlimax.
  • Extract from : « Peking Dust » by Ellen N. La Motte
  • Yes, as you say, a Mamie is an anticlimax to one's best endeavours.
  • Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • Isabel stared back at her; the announcement was an anticlimax.
  • Extract from : « The Portrait of a Lady » by Henry James
  • Perhaps he felt, as I did, that the explanation was in the nature of an anticlimax.
  • Extract from : « Sonia Between two Worlds » by Stephen McKenna

Synonyms for anticlimax

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