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say it: an-tee-klahy-MAK-tik
anticlimactic is an adjective meaning "of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style". It is pronounced /ˌæntiklaɪˈmæktɪk/ — an-tee-klahy-MAK-tik. It carries 2 recorded senses.
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
“everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for anticlimactic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.