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Having a disappointing conclusion
Answer for the clue "Having a disappointing conclusion ", 13 letters:
anticlimactic
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Word definitions for anticlimactic in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also anti-climactic , 1831; see anticlimax + -ic .
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.