Synonyms of anticlimax

anticlimax

noun

as in epilogue

a dull or disappointing ending or result

The last chapter of the book was an anticlimax.

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• 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 on the verge of being pulled from the market entirely – the case ended in a judicial anticlimax. —Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2024

The fight, contrary to expectation, draws its power from its sustained tension as much as its sudden attacks — think of the exquisite serenity of Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin or the anticlimax of Kill Bill: Volume II. —Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024

Even those moments that threaten drama or conflict — like a manuscript left on a hall table or a missing pet lizard — turn into benign anticlimaxes: every Chekov’s gun loaded with nothing but glitter and candy. —Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 May 2024

The aim was always to create a team so successful, so polished and so flawless that merely winning English soccer’s once fabled double would come to be seen as something of an anticlimax. —Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024