anticlimax
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Except when the moment arrived, she inexplicably dodged it, skipping the song’s first chorus and soft-pedaling the second — an anticlimax for the ages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Describing July 4, 1776, as an anticlimax might strike a dissonant note for most Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Pulp guitarist Mark Webber told 6 Music's Lauren Laverne the show had been "a slight anticlimax, to be honest".
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
Obviously, another book at this time about exactly the same subject would be a sad anticlimax!
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
We had hiked twenty-two miles in two days—a highly respectable distance for us—but a distinct listlessness and sense of anticlimax, a kind of midmountain lassitude, had set in.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing anticlimax
Power Prefix: Anti
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - High School
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