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Anticlimactic Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix anti-

Anticlimactic has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style

2

coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot

"everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic"

3

Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing.

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Antonyms
climactic
Rhyming Words
tic otic etic ictic mutic lotic attic ontic istic vatic octic latic metic artic ustic matic votic retic optic nitic
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