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Ending disappointingly
Answer for the clue "Ending disappointingly ", 13 letters:
anticlimactic
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Word definitions for anticlimactic in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also anti-climactic , 1831; see anticlimax + -ic .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style [syn: anticlimactical ] coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot; "everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic" [ant: climactic ...
Usage examples of anticlimactic.
If the story had ended at this point, it would have seemed rather anticlimactic and dull: Boy has problem, boy works on problem, boy solves problem.
Quite an anticlimactic ending for what Bronwyn was beginning to regard as a promisingly perilous adventure.