Anticlimax
61climax — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. acme, zenith, summit, pinnacle; turning point, culmination; orgasm. See height. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. peak, apex, highest point, culmination, acme, pinnacle, meridian, intensification, crest, zenith …
62letdown — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. letup, abatement, fall; comedown, setback, drawback; disappointment, disillusion; blow, anticlimax. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. frustration, setback, disillusionment; see disappointment 1 . III (Roget s 3 …
63Nonincrease — (Roget s Thesaurus) Decrease < N PARAG:Nonincrease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 decrease decrease diminution Sgm: N 1 lessening lessening &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 subtraction subtraction &c. 38 Sgm: N 1 reduction reduction abatement …
64Absurdity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Absurdity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 absurdity absurdity absurdness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imbecility imbecility &c. 499 Sgm: N 1 alogy| alogy| nonsense Sgm: N 1 paradox paradox …
65Ridiculousness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ridiculousness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ridiculousness ridiculousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 comicality comicality oddity &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 extravagance extravagance drollery GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …
66anticlimactic — (adj.) also anti climactic, 1831; see ANTICLIMAX (Cf. anticlimax) + IC (Cf. ic) …
67climax — (s.m. o s.f.) Lo schema più antico di climax si identifica con la struttura di un anadiplosi continuata (... x/x... y/y... ). Come afferma Quintiliano, tale procedimento si realizza procedendo per scalini, fermandosi su ognuno di essi prima… …
68Bathos — Ba thos (b[=a] th[o^]s), n. [Gr. ba qos depth, fr. baqy s deep.] (Rhet.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax. [1913 Webster] …
69anti- — or ant or anth prefix Etymology: anti from Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French, from Latin, against, from Greek, from anti; ant from Middle English, from Latin, against, from Greek, from anti; anth from Latin, against, from… …
70anticlimactic — also anticlimactical adjective Date: 1898 of, relating to, or marked by anticlimax • anticlimactically adverb …
