Synonyms for anticlimax
ˌæn tiˈklaɪ mæks, ˌæn taɪ-an·ti·cli·max

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1. anticlimaxnoun

   a disappointing decline after a previous rise

   "the anticlimax of a brilliant career"

   Synonyms:
   bathos

2. anticlimax, bathosnoun

   a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

   Synonyms:
   mawkishness, bathos

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1. anticlimaxnoun

   Synonyms:
   bathos

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How to use anticlimax in a sentence?

1. Markus Huber:

   The earnings announcements are mixed and there is a little bit of an anticlimax after the Greece headlines. A lot of people did not expect the worst to happen and so money had already poured in.

2. Markus Huber:

   The earnings announcements are mixed and there is a little bit of an anticlimax after the Greece headlines ... A lot of people did not expect the worst to happen and so money had already poured in, along with the focus on central bank timing of interest rate hikes ... that's probably why the market is going back and forth.

3. Markus Huber:

   The earnings announcements are mixed and there is a little bit of an anticlimax after the Greece headlines.