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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ climactic.

Adjective

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anticlimactic (comparative more anticlimactic, superlative most anticlimactic)

  1. Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing. After all the build up, the ending of the story was an anticlimactic letdown.

Derived terms

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  • anticlimactically
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  • anticlimax

Translations

[edit] lacking climax
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 虎頭蛇尾的 / 虎头蛇尾的 (hǔtóushéwěi de)
  • Dutch: anticlimactisch (nl)
  • Finnish: antiklimaattinen (fi)
  • Ido: deceptanta, deceptiva
  • Japanese: 呆気ない (ja) (akkenai)
  • Portuguese: anticlimático, decepcionante (pt)
  • Russian: разочаро́вывающий (ru) m (razočaróvyvajuščij), не опра́вдывающий ожида́ний m (ne oprávdyvajuščij ožidánij)
  • Spanish: anticlimático, decepcionante (es)
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