anticlimactic

English

Etymology

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: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: anticlimactisch (nl)
• Finnish: antiklimaattinen (fi)
• Ido: deceptanta, deceptiva
• Japanese: 呆気ない (akkenai)
• Portuguese: anticlimático, decepcionante (pt)
• Russian: разочаро́вывающий (ru) m (razočaróvyvajuščij), не опра́вдывающий ожида́ний m (ne oprávdyvajuščij ožidánij)
• Spanish: anticlimático, decepcionante