This is more like an anticlimax.
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Anticlimax
//ˈæn.tiˌklaɪ.mæks//
Synonyms for "anticlimax" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (2)
Noun(1 words)
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2 entriespart of
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26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
Translations
53 translations across 45 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- antiklimaks noun (break in the final climax)
Albanian
1 entries- antiklimaks noun (break in the final climax)
Amharic
1 entries- አንቲክሊማክስ noun (break in the final climax)
Armenian
1 entries- հակակլիմաքս noun (break in the final climax)
Assamese
1 entries- এন্টিক্লাইমেক্স noun (break in the final climax)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- antiklimaks noun (break in the final climax)
Basque
1 entries- antiklimax noun (break in the final climax)
Belarusian
1 entries- антыклімакс noun (break in the final climax)
Bengali
1 entries- অ্যান্টিক্লাইম্যাক্স noun (break in the final climax)
Bulgarian
1 entries- антиклимакс noun (break in the final climax)
Catalan
1 entries- anticlímax noun (break in the final climax)
Cebuano
1 entries- antiklimaks noun (break in the final climax)
Corsican
1 entries- anticlímax noun (break in the final climax)
Czech
1 entries- antiklimax noun (break in the final climax)
Danish
1 entries- antiklimaks noun (break in the final climax)
Dhivehi
1 entries- އެންޓިކްލައިމެކްސް noun (break in the final climax)
Dogri
1 entries- एंटीक्लाइमेक्स noun (break in the final climax)
Dutch
1 entries- anticlimax noun (break in the final climax)
Esperanto
2 entries- antiklimakso noun (break in the final climax)
- malklimakso noun (break in the final climax)
Estonian
1 entries- antikliimax noun (break in the final climax)
Finnish
1 entries- antikliimaksi noun (break in the final climax)
Galician
1 entries- anticlímax noun (break in the final climax)
Georgian
1 entries- ანტიკლიმაქსი noun (break in the final climax)
German
1 entries- antiklimax noun (break in the final climax)
Greek
2 entries- απροσδόκητη κατάπτωση noun (break in the final climax)
- γελοία κατάπτωση noun (break in the final climax)
Gujarati
1 entries- એન્ટિક્લાઈમેક્સ noun (break in the final climax)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- antiklimaks noun (break in the final climax)
Hindi
1 entries- एंटीक्लाइमेक्स noun (break in the final climax)
Hungarian
1 entries- antiklimax noun (break in the final climax)
Icelandic
1 entries- antiklimax noun (break in the final climax)
Indonesian
1 entries- antiklimaks noun (break in the final climax)
Irish
2 entries- frithbhuaic noun (break in the final climax)
- frithdhígeann noun (break in the final climax)
Japanese
1 entries- 竜頭蛇尾 noun (break in the final climax)
Javanese
1 entries- antiklimaks noun (break in the final climax)
Kannada
1 entries- ಆಂಟಿಕ್ಲೈಮ್ಯಾಕ್ಸ್ noun (break in the final climax)
Kazakh
1 entries- антиклимакс noun (break in the final climax)
Korean
1 entries- 용두사미 noun (break in the final climax)
Krio
1 entries- antiklaymaks noun (break in the final climax)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- антиклимакс noun (break in the final climax)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- antiklimaks noun (break in the final climax)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- antiklimaks noun (break in the final climax)
Polish
4 entries- antygradacja noun (break in the final climax)
- antygradacja noun (in narration)
- antygradacja noun (rhetoric)
- antyklimaks noun (break in the final climax)
Portuguese
1 entries- anticlímax noun (break in the final climax)
Spanish
1 entries- anticlímax noun (break in the final climax)
Tagalog
1 entries- gantinsukdol noun (break in the final climax)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Reed, Superba of yore, made a gallant effort to summon the Promethean fire that once burned within him when it was his “listening senates to command,” but his vaunted perorations proved anticlimaces and his oratory a flop.
Source: wiktionary
If the siege of Boston seemed to end in anticlimax, with the sudden retreat of British military forces, the siege of New York City seen from the inside, from under siege, seemed infinitely more portentous: “The Day is Come that in all Probility on which Depends the Salvation of this Countery.”
Source: wiktionary
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