Noun: anticlimax ,an-ti'klI,maks
- A disappointing decline after a previous rise
"the anticlimax of a brilliant career"
- A change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
"The dramatic buildup in the story led to an anticlimax that left readers unsatisfied";
- bathos
Derived forms: anticlimaxes
Type of: close, closing, conclusion, downfall, end, ending, fall, slide
Part of: story
Encyclopedia: Anticlimax