Barry's speech followed Dirk Bogarde's appearance, and was an inevitable anticlimax...
It was sad that his international career should end in such anticlimax.
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anticlimax — anticlímax s. n., pl. anticlímaxe Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic ANTICLIMÁX s.n. Gradaţie (2) descendentă. ♦ Opoziţie într un context a două gradaţii, una ascendentă şi alta descendentă. [< fr. anticlimax, cf. gr.… … Dicționar Român
anticlímax — (plural anticlímax) sustantivo masculino 1. Área: retórica Figura retórica que consiste en la gradación descendente de las ideas. 2. Área: retórica Punto más bajo de la gradación descendente. 3 … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
Anticlimax — An ti*cli max, n. (Rhet.) A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. Note: Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, Lieutenant… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anticlimax — (n.) the addition of a particular which suddenly lowers the effect, 1701, from ANTI (Cf. anti ) + CLIMAX (Cf. climax) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
anticlimax — anticlìmax (s.m. o s.f.) Attenuazione progressiva delle idee comunicate da una serie di parole. Corrisponde ad un climax discendente o gradazione discendente ed è l opposto del climax ascendente. Es.: E mi dicono, Dormi /mi cantano,… … Dizionario di retorica par stefano arduini & matteo damiani
anticlimax — [n] ineffective conclusion bathos, comedown, decline, descent, disappointment, drop, letdown, slump; concepts 230,674 Ant. climax … New thesaurus
anticlímax — 1. m. Gradación retórica descendente. 2. Término más bajo de esta gradación. 3. Momento en que desciende o se relaja la tensión después del clímax … Diccionario de la lengua española
anticlimax — ► NOUN ▪ a disappointing end to an exciting series of events. DERIVATIVES anticlimactic adjective … English terms dictionary
anticlimax — [an΄tiklī′maks΄] n. 1. a sudden drop from the dignified or important in thought or expression to the commonplace or trivial, sometimes for humorous effect 2. a descent, as in a series of events, which is in ludicrous or disappointing contrast to… … English World dictionary
Anticlimax — L anticlimax (substantif masculin), du grec anti ( contre, opposé ) et climax ( point culminant ), est une figure de style consistant en une gradation de termes négatifs et opposés à ceux évoqués lors d une première gradation de termes positifs.… … Wikipédia en Français
anticlimax — n. an anticlimax to (everything was an anticlimax to winning an Olympic gold medal) * * * [ˌæntɪ klaɪmæks] an anticlimax to (everything was an anticlimax to winning an Olympic gold medal) … Combinatory dictionary
