[
US
/ˌæntikɫaɪˈmæktɪk/
]
ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style
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coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot
everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic
How To Use anticlimactic In A Sentence
- Maybe it was because of the nicknames, maybe not, but Saladin. found Gibreel's revelations pathetic, anticlimactic, what was so strange if his dreams characterized him as the angel, dreams do every damn thing, did it really display more than a banal kind of egomania? The Satanic Verses
- The conclusion of the movie was anticlimactic.
- I cast the vote for the ending as "anticlimactic". Twilight's First Official Photo and Why I'm Passing « FirstShowing.net
- Everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic.
- Far from having the character of final coda, the added six months would, if he got them, be anticlimactic, detracting a bit from the beauty of his life as a whole.
- everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic
- There was so much publicity and hype beforehand, that the performance itself was a touch anticlimactic.
- While that may be a viable way to end the book, it is too anticlimactic for a movie, and, as such, is better excised.
- I've had a lot of anticlimactic hot chocolate drinks lately: they're all syrupy, sickly and goopy.
- Despite the anticlimactic nature of the gig, the mood is cheerful and chatty.
