0 If an event or experience is anticlimactic it causes disappointment because it was less exciting than was expected, or happened immediately after a much more exciting event or experience : --
I thought the movie had a disappointing and anticlimactic ending.
There was so much publicity and hype beforehand that the performance itself was a touch anticlimactic.
1 causing unhappiness by being less exciting than expected or not as interesting as something that happened earlier: --
The announcement of his resignation was anticlimactic, as we all knew he could no longer stay in the job.
She called the episode unexciting and concluded that the final scene was anti-climactic.
She characterized her departure as anti-climactic and not a protest resignation, a corporate cost-cutting measure or a veiled firing.
Dredd was left disturbed by this anticlimactic end, coming at a time when he was feeling his age.
However, the lessons learned were considered anticlimactic and dispiriting.
It all put the anti-climactic icing on a deeply disappointing cake.
However, he criticized its ending as anticlimactic and for its failure to resolve themes involving several prominent characters.
Some critics criticized the film for being anticlimactic.
Bernhard concludes by arguing that the end couplet, compared to the beautifully crafted logic of pathos created prior, is anti-climactic and redundant.
