anticlimax in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for anticlimax in the English»Italian Dictionary

anticlimax [Brit antɪˈklʌɪmaks, Am ˌæn(t)iˈklaɪˌmæks, ˌænˌtaɪˈklaɪˌmæks] N

anticlimax

delusione f

what an anticlimax!

che delusione!

there was a sense of anticlimax (after an important event)

c'era un senso di vuoto

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anticlimax in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for anticlimax in the English»Italian Dictionary

anticlimax <-es> [ˌæn·tɪ·ˈklaɪ·mæks] N

anticlimax

delusione f

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English

An anticlimax can be intentionally employed only for a jocular or satiric purpose.

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The large gap between the only two cars to reach the end had made the finish an anticlimax.

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The trial, finally held in the summer of 1997, proved to be an anticlimax.

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The resulting sense of anticlimax will produce a feeling of surprise in the viewer, and can often add comedy to a scene.

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Anticipation was high, but the fight was an anticlimax.

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To call the ending an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes.

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They also made extensive use of chance procedures, abandoning not only musical forms, but narrative and other conventional elements of dance compositionsuch as cause and effect, and climax and anticlimax.

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The ending is a kind of deliberate anticlimax and is usually performed as a very soft "pianissimo".

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The narrative is a veritable fiesta of anticlimaxes, from the time the sun sets at the beginning of the film until it sets, yet again, behind the closing credits.

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It proved to be something of an anticlimax, as he could manage only 17 wickets at an average of over 47.

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