(n.) 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 Sentences:
(1) The Monaco Grand Prix, the most exuberant party in Formula One, has a habit of delivering anticlimax.
(2) It was a response worthy of Philip Hammond, the foreign secretary, who had been left with the unenviable task of following Benn with his own 15 minutes of total anticlimax.
(3) He should have used normal tyres and put it away.” The club’s principal shirt sponsors might have something to say on that front but the miss checked the optimism, the sense of anticlimax exacerbated by Costa’s lunge at Craig Cathcart which earned him a fifth yellow card of the season.
(4) For doomsday believers, the toughest of times is that moment of anticlimax, when the world keeps turning and the clock ticks on.
(5) This anticlimax has become the elevator’s origin myth.
(6) A thumping home win here never seemed likely but this was no anticlimax and the players' post-match lap of honour felt like a love-in.
(7) Most strikes end badly and sadly, in my experience, with a compromise and a bit of a climb down on both sides, a deflating anticlimax for staff who have stirred up great collective endeavour.
(8) So joyous and immense were the hopes that once rested on the actor, raconteur and humanitarian Sir Peter Ustinov, who has died in Switzerland aged 82, that the final balance-sheet of his life was bound to seem an anticlimax, both to himself and to those who saw the skyrocket of his early talent.
(9) If they're honest with themselves, says Baez, veterans of the peace movement, of the war itself or of any great struggle for social change must admit that for all the woes they suffered, there is a terrible anticlimax when it ends.
(10) This is the holy grail for most tourists in Rio, but we had enjoyed such an epic ride that it almost felt like an anticlimax.
(11) Alas, the answer is rather an anticlimax – it’s unlikely things would be much different.
(12) Ever since the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition was formed in May, the softening-up for George Osborne's spending review has been so relentless and so professional that today's announcement may have seemed almost irresistible, and even in some respects – cuts of 19% rather than the originally mooted 25% or even 40% – something of a carefully choreographed anticlimax.
(13) We could have gone top of the league with a win, but 10 points from five games is still a good return.” Almost inevitably the rest of the afternoon was an anticlimax after such a flurry of excitement, settling back into the evenly contested ordinariness it had exhibited before Arsenal showed their ruthless streak.
(14) The delay in implementation has also been accompanied by a sense of anticlimax and missed opportunities for both childcare and eldercare, with some fundamental issues remaining.
(15) It was an anticlimax, in the sense that everything ran smoothly, there were no dramas and, importantly, no nerves or additional anxiety.
(16) Manchester City failed to avoid anticlimax after the thrill of beating Barcelona when they conceded a late Marten de Roon equaliser that left Pep Guardiola disgusted in the technical area.
(17) These qualities have served to head off a syndrome long recognised by Nasa as problematic for returning astronauts: the crashing anticlimax and existential difficulties of life after space travel.
(18) It was almost an anticlimax that the Sox went on to beat the St Louis Cardinals in a four-game sweep, to win a first World Series in 86 years.
(19) There were glimpses of the magic that the game's followers have become accustomed to in his approaches to the greens but more often than not there was a sense of anticlimax whenever Woods picked his putter out of the bag.
(20) Even hearing his album had gone in the charts at No 1 turned out to be an anticlimax, because the 1975's label had been briefing them all week on its progress.
Disappointment
Definition:
(n.) The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.
(n.) That which disappoints.
Example Sentences:
(1) A spokesman for the Greens said that the party was “disappointed” with the decision and would be making representations to both the BBC and BBC Trust .
(2) Even today, our experience of the zoo is so often interrupted by disappointment and confusion.
(3) No one expected us to win either of these byelections, but we can’t ignore how disappointing these results are,” he said, referring also to last week’s Richmond Park byelection.
(4) "We were very disappointed when the DH decided to suspend printing Reduce the Risk, a vital resource in the prevention of cot death in the UK", said Francine Bates, chief executive of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, which helped produce the booklet.
(5) Results of medical therapy of reflux oesophagitis are disappointing, especially compared to the success obtained in peptic ulcer disease.
(6) Drugs used to promote food intake and weight gain, such as cyproheptadine, amitriptyline, clonidine and opiate antagonists, have provided disappointing results.
(7) I am pleased with that but disappointed with the result.
(8) How often do we use the term depressed to mean disappointed, mildly bummed out or sort of blue?
(9) I did not speak to Diego at the final whistle, losing so late in the game was too big a disappointment, especially when Romelu Lukaku was surrounded by three or four defenders and still scored.” That was something Martínez could agree with.
(10) For a long time the results were disappointing, and in a randomized study none of the therapeutic regimens prescribed could improve the patients' survival.
(11) Audiences were disappointed that the love scenes between Taylor and Burton that had been the talk of modern Rome were not repeated with so much passion in those of ancient Rome.
(12) Despite a glorious career, her Olympic history had been one of crushing disappointment.
(13) We are disappointed by the statement from Ecuador’s Foreign Minister that Ecuador has offered political asylum to Julian Assange.
(14) Here's Rob Booth talking to me from there: Updated at 6.31pm BST 6.14pm BST Disappointment at the Ecuadorian embassy Outside the Ecuador embassy in Knightsbridge a handful of Assange supporters greeted the decision with disappointment.
(15) While occult breast carcinoma was relatively common in our series (two of 17 patients), the ability to detect the tumor with mammography was disappointing (one of two patients).
(16) Diego Garcia guards its secrets even as the truth on CIA torture emerges Read more The long-awaited decision – expected to cause enormous disappointment – follows more than 40 years of campaigning, court cases and calls for the UK to right a wrong committed by Harold Wilson’s Labour government.
(17) They are also deeply disappointed in the lack of pressure exerted on Israel by the US.
(18) To improve the slightly disappointing voice rehabilitation results of the myotomized laryngectomees, a modified myotomy is proposed.
(19) An Artist of the Floating World won the Whitbread Book of the Year award and was nominated for the Booker prize for fiction; The Remains of the Day won the Booker; and When We Were Orphans, perceived by many reviewers as a disappointment, was nominated for both the Booker and the Whitbread.
(20) Jay is naturally disappointed, but is determined to get back playing for Southampton as soon as possible."