ANTICLIMAX Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

anticlimax

noun

Definition of anticlimax next

as in epilogue

a dull or disappointing ending or result The last chapter of the book was an anticlimax.

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Recent Examples of anticlimax And so the moment collapses into anticlimax. —

Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025 The anticlimax preemptively lowers the stakes of this new conflict, though Linklater makes for a gleefully sinister blank slate. —

Alison Herman, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025 This Is Spinal Tap was an almost-clinical study in anticlimax, in rock-and-roll humiliation. —

James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025 Still, in the warped logic of conspiracy culture, that anticlimax didn’t kill the narrative. —

Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for anticlimax

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epilogue

Noun

Banerjee, who was born in 1963, offered an effusive epilogue to the modernist exhibit, exploring dimensions, textures and scale that many of her artistic forebears could only dream of.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
Blooper reels, once common in comedy films, are fading from cinema partly due to the rise of dramatic post-credit epilogues and the shift from DVDs to streaming platforms, experts say.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026