All climax antonyms
cli·max
C c noun climax
- nadir — Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- anticlimax — You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
- cliffhanger — A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.
- bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- foot — (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- disclimax — a stable community that has replaced the normal climax in a given area, owing to disturbance by humans or domestic animals.
verb climax
- anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
- commence — When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- displease — to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.
- delve — If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.
- fall off — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- initiate — to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
- introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.