ANTICLIMAX Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

anticlimax

noun

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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 For a notorious 2006 exhibition at Maureen Paley in London, Violette took the anticlimax of belatedness as his subject, engineering a spectacle of frustrated anticipation. —

Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026 In each of these hunts, the anticlimax of the stalk is tempered by awe at the animal’s anatomy. —

Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 Dec. 2025 And so the moment collapses into anticlimax. —

Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025 This Is Spinal Tap was an almost-clinical study in anticlimax, in rock-and-roll humiliation. —

James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anticlimax

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epilogue

Noun

This show used to be jagged and messy and unpredictable, a true satire of superhero stories, but this epilogue wouldn’t feel out of place in a Marvel movie.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 20 May 2026
After finishing the 44-year-old Carano with a ferocity that evoked her famous heyday, the 39-year-old Rousey reaffirmed that this was only the epilogue on her historic MMA career.

— CBS News, CBS News, 17 May 2026