anticlimactical

Examples

• All

• The final match was unexpectedly anticlimactical after all the excitement leading up to it.

• The ending of the film was strangely anticlimactical, leaving the audience unsatisfied.

• His speech started strong but finished on an anticlimactical note, disappointing many listeners.

• That was anticlimactical!

• The ending was anticlimactical.

• The ending of the film was strangely anticlimactical, leaving the audience unsatisfied.

• His speech started strong but finished on an anticlimactical note, disappointing many listeners.

Synonyms

I

inconsequential

vsanticlimactical

29 7.7

Not important and not likely to make a difference

describes a fall from high expectation to a trivial or disappointing end

U

underwhelming

vsanticlimactical

12 4.4

Less impressive or exciting than you expect

is about a fall from a build up to a trivial ending

A

anticlimactic

vsanticlimactical

10 7.3

Less exciting than expected and disappointing

is the same meaning but uses a different adjective ending

U

undramatic

vsanticlimactical

1 4.2

Having no strong emotion and not exciting

focuses on a decline after build up rather than steady low emotion

Antonyms

T

thrilling

102 3.6

Making you feel very excited, like on a fast roller coaster

C

climactic

15 6.0

Happening at the most exciting or important part of something

How Anticlimactic

anticlimactical

8.0

disappointing

190 1.4

flat

297 4.4

uneventful

22 3.7

Surface Forms

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Etymology