climactic (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *climactic*:
ADJECTIVE	all	climactic	consisting of or causing a climax

climactic > pronunciation
Sounds	klaymae'ktihk
Rhymes	academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk...

English > *climactic*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Consisting of or causing a climax.
Example	"a climactic development"
Opposite	anticlimactic	Coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot
Spanish	climático, culminante, pico
Nouns	climax	the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
	climax	the decisive moment in a novel or play
	climax	the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
	climax	the most severe stage / stage of a disease

HyperDic: climactic