anticlímax
21anticlimax — noun for me, the anticlimax is when Reggie for no apparent purpose to the plot suddenly decides to quit school Syn: letdown, disappointment, comedown, nonevent; bathos …
22anticlimax — noun Date: 1710 1. the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea; also an instance of this transition 2. an event, period, or outcome that is strikingly less important or …
23anticlimax — noun A break in the final crescendo or climax of a narrative, producing a disappointing end …
24anticlimax — an·ti·clì·max s.m. e f.inv. TS ret. → climax discendente {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1892. ETIMO: der. di climax con 1anti …
25anticlimax — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. letdown, comedown. See disappointment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disappointment, bathos, drop, descent, decline, letdown, comedown, deflation. III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. letdown, disappointment,… …
26anticlímax — sustantivo masculino literal gradación*. ≠ clímax. → gradación. (↑gradación) …
27anticlimax — n. abrupt move from a serious or tense situation to an absurd situation …
28anticlimax — noun a disappointing end to an exciting series of events. Derivatives anticlimactic adjective anticlimactically adverb …
29anticlimax — n. Bathos …
30anticlimax — n 1. descent, drop, decrease, deflation, comedown; bathos, banality, triteness, triviality, com monplaceness. 2. disappointment, disillusionment, disenchantment, letdown; failure, fiasco, Inf. fizzle, Inf. dud, Sl. bomb …