as in epilogue
a dull or disappointing ending or result
The last chapter of the book was an anticlimax.
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Recent Examples of anticlimax
This Is Spinal Tap was an almost-clinical study in anticlimax, in rock-and-roll humiliation.
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Still, in the warped logic of conspiracy culture, that anticlimax didn’t kill the narrative.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2025
Not that anyone really said that in the two-and-a-half-hour community-board meeting, which ended — unsurprisingly — in an anticlimax.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 June 2025
After months of high-profile proceedings in the lower courts – at one point the medication, mifepristone, was almost pulled from the market entirely – the case ended in a judicial anticlimax.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2024
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Still, in the warped logic of conspiracy culture, that anticlimax didn’t kill the narrative.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2025
Not that anyone really said that in the two-and-a-half-hour community-board meeting, which ended — unsurprisingly — in an anticlimax.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 June 2025
After months of high-profile proceedings in the lower courts – at one point the medication, mifepristone, was almost pulled from the market entirely – the case ended in a judicial anticlimax.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimax
epilogue
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In a moving epilogue to the story, Shoval returns to Berlin next week in the company of David and Ariel Cunio and their families for a screening of the new version.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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In 2024, the Reader lost close to a half million dollars and started 2025 by cutting staff and its $4 million budget, seemingly on the verge of its epilogue.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Anticlimax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimax. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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