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All climax antonyms

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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.
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