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
The sense of anticlimax is crushing.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
For a notorious 2006 exhibition at Maureen Paley in London, Violette took the anticlimax of belatedness as his subject, engineering a spectacle of frustrated anticipation.
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Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
And so the moment collapses into anticlimax.
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Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
This Is Spinal Tap was an almost-clinical study in anticlimax, in rock-and-roll humiliation.
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James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anticlimax
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
For a notorious 2006 exhibition at Maureen Paley in London, Violette took the anticlimax of belatedness as his subject, engineering a spectacle of frustrated anticipation.
—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
And so the moment collapses into anticlimax.
—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
This Is Spinal Tap was an almost-clinical study in anticlimax, in rock-and-roll humiliation.
—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anticlimax
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimax
epilogue
Noun
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Anything that happens after this is a coda or an epilogue.
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This show used to be jagged and messy and unpredictable, a true satire of superhero stories, but this epilogue wouldn’t feel out of place in a Marvel movie.
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