English-Thai Dictionary

anticlimax

N เหตุการณ์ ที่ ลด ความสำคัญ อย่างกะทันหัน  hed-kan-ti-lod-khwam-sam-khan-yang-ka-than-han

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANTICLIMAX

n.[Gr. opposite, and climax. See Climate. ] A sentence in which the ideas fall or become less important and striking at the close; opposed to climax. For example,
Next comes Dalhousie, the great God of war,
Lieutenant Col'nel to the Earl of Mar.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANTICLIMAX

ANTICLIMAX An `ti *cli "max, n. (Rhet.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

Defn: Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal. Anticlinal line, Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof. -- Anticlinal vertebra (Anat. ), one of the dorsal vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebræ are inclined.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

anticlimax

an ti cli max |ˌantēˈklīˌmaks, ˌantī -ˈˌæn (t )iˈklaɪˌmæks | ▶noun a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events: the rest of the journey was an anticlimax by comparison | a sense of anticlimax and incipient boredom. DERIVATIVES an ti cli mac tic |-klīˈmaktik |adjective, an ti cli mac ti cal ly |-klīˈmaktik (ə )lē |adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

anticlimax

anti |cli ¦max |antɪˈklʌɪmaks | ▶noun a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events: the rest of the journey was an anticlimax by comparison | [ mass noun ] : a sense of anticlimax and incipient boredom. DERIVATIVES anticlimactic |-ˈmaktɪk |adjective, anticlimactically |-ˈmaktɪk (ə )li |adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

anticlimax

anticlimax noun for me, the anticlimax is when Reggie —for no apparent purpose to the plot —suddenly decides to quit school: letdown, disappointment, comedown, nonevent; bathos.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

anticlimax

anticlimax noun let-down, disappointment, comedown, non-event; disillusionment; bathos; Brit. damp squib; informal washout, not what it was cracked up to be. ANTONYMS triumph, climax.

 

Spanish Dictionary

anticlímax

anticlímax nombre masculino 1 En retórica, disposición de las palabras o frases de manera que cada una de ellas signifique o exprese algo menos que su inmediata anterior .2 Término más bajo de una gradación .3 Parte de una obra literaria o dramática que se halla después del clímax, en la que se relaja progresivamente la tensión narrativa .El plural es anticlímax .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

anticlimax

à nti cl í max 名詞 1 C U (盛り上がった後の )拍子抜け, (期待はずれの )あっけない結末, 竜頭蛇尾 .2 U 〘修辞 〙漸降 （ぜんこう ）法 (↔climax ).