Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A failed or reverse climax, particularly

  2. A failed or reverse climax

    (countable, uncountable)An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.

    antiklimax

  3. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.

More definitions
  • a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
  • a disappointing decline after a previous rise

Examples

1 sentences
  1. This is more like an anticlimax.

    deDies ist eher eine Enttäuschung.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
break in the final climax:

Forms

plural: anticlimaxes

Synonyms

1 synonyms
partial:bathos
Close in meaning
  • a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one:bathos

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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