anticlimactic

adjective

an·​ti·​cli·​mac·​tic

ˌan-tē-klī-ˈmak-tik, 

-klə-, 

ˌan-ˌtī- 

variants or less commonly anticlimactical

ˌan-tē-klī-ˈmak-ti-kəl, 

ˌan-ˌtī- 

: of, relating to, or marked by anticlimax

anticlimactically

ˌan-tē-klī-ˈmak-ti-ti-k(ə-)lē, 

ˌan-ˌtī- 

adverb

Examples of anticlimactic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Nuzzi’s revelations about Kennedy seem anticlimactic following the even more seamy stories shared by Lizza on his Telos News Substack posts. —Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025

The results were a bit anticlimactic — there were three licenses to give, and only three contenders remained by the time the gaming board met on Monday, giving them all the green light. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 1 Dec. 2025

Which renders the cataclysmic decision of who Nancy might choose to snog next rather anticlimactic, and maybe even redundant. —Charley Ross, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2025

In a surprising — and for some, anticlimactic — season ender, Chris and company leave this Nazi dimension emboldened to fight against the patriarchal monolith of their own world. —Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anticlimactic

• anaphylactic
• extragalactic
• intergalactic
• stereotactic
• chemotactic
• chiropractic
• isotactic
• prophylactic
• climactic
• didactic
• galactic
• syntactic