Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anticlimax

/ˈæn.tiˌklaɪ.mæks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-cli-max
IPA: /ˈæn.tiˌklaɪ.mæks/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A failed or reverse climax, particularly

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A failed or reverse climax

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A failed or reverse climax

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Reed, Superba of yore, made a gallant effort to summon the Promethean fire that once burned within him when it was his “listening senates to command,” but his vaunted perorations proved anticlimaces and his oratory a flop."
"Loving her physically would each time be a thrilling voyage without the anticlimax of arrival."
"If the siege of Boston seemed to end in anticlimax, with the sudden retreat of British military forces, the siege of New York City seen from the inside, from under siege, seemed infinitely more portentous: “The Day is Come that in all Probility on which Depends the Salvation of this Countery.”"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English climax English anticlimax From anti- + climax.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈæn.tiˌklaɪ.mæks/

Usage

Inflected Forms

anticlimaxes (plural) anti-climax (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

anticlimactic underwhelm

Synonyms

bathos

Antonyms

climax cliffhanger auxesis

Rhymes With

climax imax

Questions

How do you pronounce anticlimax?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæn.tiˌklaɪ.mæks/.
What does anticlimax mean?: A failed or reverse climax, particularly
Where does anticlimax come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English climax English anticlimax From anti- + climax.

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