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2 words match “ANTICLIMAX”

ANTICLIMAX n. 2 definitions
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. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINAL An`ti*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr.
BATHOS n.
A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.