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anticlimax

noun as in ineffective conclusion

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All the same, what might have been seen as an embarrassing anticlimax was a major economic opportunity.

For Chávez, the end of the campaign was an anticlimax, and for Capriles, the pinnacle of his political career.

It was the biggest anticlimax in the history of Wall Street crime.

It was upon a lighter note, not to end in anticlimax, that Mr. Jenyns concluded his able pamphlet.

It seemed certain that the next two days must provide the climax or anticlimax of our whole reconnaissance.

After what he had been through, the Black Mass was necessarily an anticlimax.

The Fourth Act is an anticlimax, and shows up the faulty construction of the drama.

It was an absurd anticlimax to see that bold, bad gunman being jammed upright to keep him from falling in a heap.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to anticlimax, such as: letdown, bathos, comedown, decline, descent, and disappointment.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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