About The Word Anticlimax
Learn about the word Anticlimax to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Anticlimax definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Anticlimax
| Anticlimax Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Anticlimax?
[n] a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
[n] a disappointing decline after ad previous rise; "the anticlimax of a brilliant career" Synonyms | Synonyms for Anticlimax: bathos Related Terms | Find terms related to Anticlimax: See Also | close | closing | conclusion | downfall | end | ending | fall | story Anticlimax In Webster's Dictionary \An`ti*cli"max\, n. (Rhet.)
A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important
and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It
produces a ridiculous effect.
Note: Example:
Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,
Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl of Mar.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Dining room ‐ a room used…
- Harvestman ‐ spider-like arachnid with a small rounded body and very long…
- Dictatorial ‐ characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having…
- Benjamin ricketson tucker ‐ United States anarchist influential before World War I…
- Parnassia fimbriata ‐ bog plant with broadly heart-shaped basal leaves and cream or…
- Mapinguari ‐ supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reported sighted by…
- Bug ‐ a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium);…
- Hard-bitten ‐ tough and callous by virtue of…
- Biographer ‐ someone who writes an account of another…
- Decimal system ‐ a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and…