Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anticlimax

2 senses of anticlimax

Sense 1
anticlimax -- (a disappointing decline after a previous rise; "the anticlimax of a brilliant career")
       => fall, downfall -- (a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg")

Sense 2
anticlimax, bathos -- (a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one)
       => conclusion, end, close, closing, ending -- (the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say...")