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[ an-tee-klahy-mak-tik, -kluh-, an-tahy- ] / ˌæn ti klaɪˈmæk tɪk, -klə-, ˌæn taɪ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR anticlimactic ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax. Origin of anticlimacticFirst recorded in 1895–1900; anti + climactic OTHER WORDS FROM anticlimactican·ti·cli·mac·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby anticlimacticanticipative, anticipatory, anticity, anticlastic, anticlerical, anticlimactic, anticlimax, anticlinal, anticline, anticlinorium, anticlockwise Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for anticlimacticAnd the report is anticlimactic in political terms because the damage has been done. Christie, Not Quite Dead Yet|Michael Tomasky|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Politically, this new report “clearing” Chris Christie is anticlimactic and largely irrelevant. Christie, Not Quite Dead Yet|Michael Tomasky|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST It would be disappointing and anticlimactic in the extreme if they broker a deal at this meeting they're having tonight at 6:00. The Nuclear Senate|Michael Tomasky|July 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST The song was an anticlimactic ending to a shareholder meeting that had initially promised fireworks. Jamie Dimon to Shareholders: Suck It|Daniel Gross|May 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Words related to anticlimacticfruitless, indecisive, worthless, unable, unproductive, inefficient, limited, inadequate, inept, null, impotent, powerless, feeble, ineffectual, futile, unsuccessful, unprofitable, incompetent, abortive, barren |