anticlimactic

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ climactic.

Adjective

anticlimactic (comparative more anticlimactic, superlative most anticlimactic)

1. Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing.

   After all the build up, the ending of the story was an anticlimactic letdown.

Derived terms

• anticlimactically

Related terms

• anticlimax

Translations

lacking climax

Chinese: Mandarin: 虎頭蛇尾的 / 虎头蛇尾的 (hǔtóushéwěi de) Dutch: anticlimactisch (nl) Finnish: antiklimaattinen (fi) Ido: deceptanta, deceptiva Japanese: 呆気ない (ja) (akkenai) Portuguese: anticlimático, decepcionante (pt) Russian: разочаро́вывающий (ru) m (razočaróvyvajuščij), не опра́вдывающий ожида́ний m (ne oprávdyvajuščij ožidánij) Spanish: anticlimático, decepcionante (es)