What is the meaning of anticlimactic?

adjective

  • Of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style.
  • Coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot.
    • usage: "everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic"
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