anticlimax
pronunciation
How to pronounce anticlimax in British English:
UK [ˌæntiˈklaɪmæks]
How to pronounce anticlimax in American English:
US [ˌæntiˈklaɪˌmæks, ˌæntaɪ-]
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- Noun:
- a disappointing decline after ad previous rise
- a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
Word Origin
- anticlimax (n.)
- "the addition of a particular which suddenly lowers the effect," 1701, from anti- + climax (n.).
Example
- 1. After this gruesome tale the easing of the siege comes as an anticlimax .
- 2. Let human recollection , no sense of anticlimax .
- 3. The principal reason for this welcome anticlimax was the margin of victory , so large that no one could argue with it .
- 4. Having ridden for so many thousands of miles to get here , within approximate range of delhi and the finishing line , only to then be defeated by bureaucracy would be a huge anticlimax .
- 5. Polling day was uneventful , a bit of an anticlimax .