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Definition of Anticlimactic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style.
2. Adjective. Coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot. "Everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic"
Definition of Anticlimactic
1. Adjective. Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anticlimactic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anticlimactic
Literary usage of Anticlimactic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Negro History, 1553-1903: 1553-1903 by Edwin Wolf, II (1969)
"Governor Monroe's words to the Virginia legislature on Negro slaves after the
event seem somewhat anticlimactic: "Unhappily while this class of people ..."
2. On Contemporary Literature by Stuart Pratt Sherman (1917)
"To the foreign critic this ultimate tribute may seem perplexingly cheap and
anticlimactic. That is, of course, due to the mistaken notion that we number ..."
3. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1917)
"... the humor of the soldier's story, in the manner of the late decadent and
extravagant romances, with its anticlimactic conclusion, is cleverly managed. ..."
4. On Contemporary Literature by Stuart Pratt Sherman (1917)
"To the foreign critic this ultimate tribute may seem perplexingly cheap and
anticlimactic. That is, of course, due to the mistaken notion that we number ..."
5. El Salvador at War: An Oral History of Conflict from the 1979 Insurrection edited by Max G. Manwaring, Court Prisk (1995)
"The announcement was anticlimactic, but the speeches following Archbishop Rivera
y Damas' reading of the meager communique reached a crescendo. ..."
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