anticlimactic

[an-tee-klahy-mak-tik, -kluh-, an-tahy-]

an·ti·cli·mac·tic

[an-tee-klahy-mak-tik, -kluh-, an-tahy-]
adjective
of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.

Origin:
1895–1900; anti + climactic

an·ti·cli·mac·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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Anticlimactic has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
given to using long words.
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anticlimax (ˌæntɪˈklaɪmæks)
 
n
1.  a disappointing or ineffective conclusion to a series of events, etc
2.  a sudden change from a serious subject to one that is disappointing or ludicrous
3.  rhetoric a descent in discourse from the significant or important to the trivial, inconsequential, etc
 
anticlimactic
 
adj
 
anticli'mactically
 
adv

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