NOUN | event | anticlimax | a disappointing decline after a previous rise |
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communication | anticlimax, bathos | a change from a serious subject / subject to a disappointing one |
Meaning | A disappointing decline after a previous rise. | |
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Example | "the anticlimax of a brilliant career" | |
Broader | fall, downfall | A sudden decline in strength or number or importance |
Spanish | anticlímax | |
Adjectives | anticlimactic | coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot |
Meaning | A change from a serious subject / subject to a disappointing one. | |
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Synonym | bathos | |
Part of | story | A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events |
Broader | conclusion, end, close, closing, ending | The last section of a communication |
Spanish | anticlímax | |
Adjectives | anticlimactic, anticlimactical | of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style |
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