ANTICLIMAX


Meaning of ANTICLIMAX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ æntiklaɪmæks ]

( anticlimaxes)

You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.

Barry’s speech followed Dirk Bogarde’s appearance, and was an inevitable anticlimax...

= disappointment

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