anticlimax
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
English climax
English anticlimax
From anti- + climax.
Inflected forms:
form: anticlimaxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: anti-climax
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A failed or reverse climax, particularly
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Reed, Superba of yore, made a gallant effort to summon the Promethean fire that once burned within him when it was his “listening senates to command,” but his vaunted perorations proved anticlimaces and his oratory a flop.
If the siege of Boston seemed to end in anticlimax, with the sudden retreat of British military forces, the siege of New York City seen from the inside, from under siege, seemed infinitely more portentous: “The Day is Come that in all Probility on which Depends the Salvation of this Countery.”
gloss: A failed or reverse climax
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A failed or reverse climax
pos: noun
tags: countable
rhetoric
uncountable
Synonyms: bathos
Antonyms: climax
cliffhanger
auxesis
Related words: anticlimactic
underwhelm
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: antiklimaks
lang: Albanian
word: antiklimaks
lang: Amharic
word: አንቲክሊማክስ
roman: ʾäntiklimaks
lang: Armenian
word: հակակլիմաքս
roman: hakaklimakʻs
lang: Assamese
word: এন্টিক্লাইমেক্স
roman: entiklaimekso
lang: Azerbaijani
word: antiklimaks
lang: Basque
word: antiklimax
lang: Belarusian
word: антыклімакс
roman: antyklimaks
lang: Bengali
word: অ্যান্টিক্লাইম্যাক্স
roman: ênṭiklaimêks
lang: Bulgarian
word: антиклимакс
roman: antiklimaks
lang: Catalan
word: anticlímax
lang: Cebuano
word: antiklimaks
lang: Corsican
word: anticlímax
lang: Czech
word: antiklimax
lang: Danish
word: antiklimaks
lang: Dhivehi
word: އެންޓިކްލައިމެކްސް
roman: en̊ṭik̊laimek̊s
lang: Dogri
word: एंटीक्लाइमेक्स
roman: eṇṭīklāimeks
lang: Dutch
word: anticlimax
lang: Esperanto
word: malklimakso
lang: Esperanto
word: antiklimakso
lang: Estonian
word: antikliimax
lang: Finnish
word: antikliimaksi
lang: Galician
word: anticlímax
lang: Georgian
word: ანტიკლიმაქსი
roman: anṭiḳlimaksi
lang: German
word: antiklimax
lang: Greek
word: γελοία κατάπτωση
roman: geloía katáptosi
lang: Greek
word: απροσδόκητη κατάπτωση
roman: aprosdókiti katáptosi
lang: Gujarati
word: એન્ટિક્લાઈમેક્સ
roman: enṭiklāīmeks
lang: Haitian Creole
word: antiklimaks
lang: Hindi
word: एंटीक्लाइमेक्स
roman: eṇṭīklāimeks
lang: Hungarian
word: antiklimax
lang: Icelandic
word: antiklimax
lang: Indonesian
word: antiklimaks
lang: Irish
word: frithbhuaic
lang: Irish
word: frithdhígeann
lang: Japanese
word: 竜頭蛇尾
roman: ryūtōdabi
lang: Javanese
word: antiklimaks
lang: Kannada
word: ಆಂಟಿಕ್ಲೈಮ್ಯಾಕ್ಸ್
roman: āṇṭiklaimyāks
lang: Kazakh
word: антиклимакс
roman: antiklimaks
lang: Korean
word: 용두사미
roman: yongdusami
lang: Krio
word: antiklaymaks
lang: Kyrgyz
word: антиклимакс
roman: antiklimaks
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: antiklimaks
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: antiklimaks
lang: Polish
word: antygradacja
lang: Polish
word: antyklimaks
lang: Portuguese
word: anticlímax
lang: Spanish
word: anticlímax
lang: Tagalog
word: gantinsukdol