Climax

Related Terms:

cummer culminate apotheosis climacteric culmination anticlimax term series climaxes reach come to head falling action miniclimax increment accumulatio suspense crescendo rising action epiploce dramatic structure push high note intensation anticlimactic plagioclimax stretto high tide particularly climaxed arrange ascend climactic bring climactically flood tide acme climaxing orgasm climaxless order point of no return last well made play anadiplosis rhetorical device point of inevitability edge high point story

Definitions:

Noun

climax flood tide

Definition: the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success"

climax culmination

Definition: the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

orgasm climax sexual climax coming

Definition: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

climax

Definition: the most severe stage of a disease

climax

Definition: arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

Definition: A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.

Verb

culminate climax

Definition: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"

Definition: To reach or bring to a climax.