Anticlimax and Failure

Anticlimax

Anticlimax noun - A disappointing decline after a previous rise.

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Failure and anticlimax are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Anticlimax".

Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Anticlimax and failure are semantically related. You can use "Anticlimax" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

big	big anticlimax	big failure
huge	huge anticlimax	huge failure
horrible	horrible anticlimax	horrible failure
ultimate	ultimate anticlimax	ultimate failure
Other adjectives: epic, hilarious, resulting.

This was almost certainly because they couldn't afford a squid special effect, and preferred Nothing Is Scarier to the anticlimax of a Special Effects Failure.

Source: Series / Red Dwarf

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