Synonyms of anticlimax

anticlimax

noun

as in epilogue

a dull or disappointing ending or result

The last chapter of the book was an anticlimax.

Related Words

• epilogue
• coda
• aftermath
• postscript
• ending
• epilog
• finale
• climax
• endgame
• conclusion
• consummation
• wrap-up
• windup
• finis
• closing
• capper
• finish
• culmination
• crescendo
• end
• pinnacle
• zenith
• grand finale
• close
• apex
• homestretch
• summit
• capstone
• peak
• acme
• high-water mark
• meridian
• top
• mop-up
• coup de grace
• crown
• tip-top
• tail end
• copestone
• shank
• tag end
• coup de grâce

Dissimilar Words

• introduction
• prelude
• overture
• prologue
• preface
• preamble
• foreword
• beginning
• prolog
• start
• opening
• dawn
• baseline
• day one
• nascence
• nascency

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of anticlimax

After months of high-profile proceedings in the lower courts – at one point the medication, mifepristone, was almost pulled from the market entirely – the case ended in a judicial anticlimax. —Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2024

Her attitude is less one of fear than of gnawing bitterness at the anticlimax of her ending. —Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

When the cousins leave the tour to find the house where their grandmother grew up, they are headed for an anticlimax. —Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024

But the measures that Beijing’s economic planning agency announced this week proved to be an anticlimax — the trillions of yuan that observers were hoping would be revealed never materialized. —Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024