anticlimactic
adjective
an·ti·cli·mac·tic
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Definition of anticlimactic
: of, relating to, or marked by anticlimax
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Other Words from anticlimactic
anticlimactically
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Examples of anticlimactic in a Sentence
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Historians may recall this week for Robert Mueller’s anticlimactic testimony on Capitol Hill. — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, "Donald Trump and the G.O.P. Confirm Their Fiscal Conservatism Was a Sham," 26 July 2019 Eventually, Nadal pushed a backhand long on match point No. 5, bringing an anticlimactic close to the otherwise classic contest and allowing Federer to win their semifinal 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday. — Howard Fendrich, baltimoresun.com, "Eleven years after epic, Roger Federer tops Rafael Nadal in Wimbledon semis," 12 July 2019 Considering how much time Veronica spends nodding at Logan’s mysterious job, those results are fairly anticlimactic. — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, "Is That Beloved Veronica Mars Character Really Gone? Here’s Your Only Shred Of Hope," 23 July 2019 The Raiders will beat the Jaguars in their final game at the Coliseum, but the non-divisional opponent, the buildup to last year’s home finale and the drama of that Christmas Eve win over the rival Broncos will make this farewell feel anticlimactic. — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, "Raiders’ predictions: Brown and Jacobs produce, but a quiet farewell to Oakland," 23 July 2019 Heading into his sophomore season, Dillon was the league’s consensus preseason Player of the Year, but Year 2 was sort of anticlimactic. — The Si Staff, SI.com, "Top 100 College Football Players of 2019: Nos. 25–11," 11 July 2019 Face it, Halloween will be anticlimactic after all that horror inserts itself into your eyeballs. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "5 insanely freaky horror movies you probably haven't seen yet (but totally should)," 16 July 2019 This is absolutely not to say that any version of a miscarriage—with symptoms, without symptoms, climactic, anticlimactic—is more or less traumatic than another. — Nadine Jolie Courtney, SELF, "Everything I Thought I Knew About Miscarriages Changed When I Had Two ‘Silent’ Ones," 22 Apr. 2019 And so the official launch of Waymo's driverless taxi service is likely to be another anticlimactic event. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Waymo’s excruciatingly gradual launch process, explained," 31 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'anticlimactic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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