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anticlimactic

[ an-tee-klahy-mak-tik, -kluh-, an-tahy- ]

adjective

  1. of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.


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Other Word Forms

  • t··t·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anticlimactic1

First recorded in 1895–1900; anti + climactic
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Example Sentences

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That was the highly anticlimactic ending for me.

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It’s an anticlimactic return that feels more intended to scrub the remaining tarnish from her image than it does to induct her back into Vanderpump’s fold.

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Only two of those spots remain unclaimed, but that hardly makes this Decision Day anticlimactic.

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It will feel anticlimactic, and for good reason.

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After weeks of preparing myself for the emotions of “the last first day,” the start of my youngest child’s senior year was distinctly anticlimactic.

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