anticlimax

🇺🇸 /ˌæntiˈklaɪmæks/ 🇬🇧 /ˌæntiˈklaɪmæks/
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A point in a story or event that is less exciting than what came before, making it feel disappointing.

Seeing the small, ordinary town after the amazing journey was a real anticlimax.

translation

n. A point in a story or event that is less exciting than what came before, making it feel disappointing.

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Plural anticlimaxes