anticlimax

Meanings

Plural: anticlimaxes

Noun

• a disappointing decline after a previous rise
  • "the anticlimax of a brilliant career"
• a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
• A failed or reverse climax
• An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
• A failed or reverse climax
• An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.
• A failed or reverse climax, particularly

Synonyms

bathos

Antonyms

auxesis, cliffhanger, climax

Related Words

anticlimactic, underwhelm