anticlimax Synonyms

bathos way of putting things slump setback oxymoron onomatopoeia mawkishness litotes frustration fiasco fall washout figure of speech letdown comedowns non-event echoism downward spiral deflation damp squib nonevent dud failure drop downfall blow balk asyndeton aposiopesis antithesis antistrophe anaphora analogy allegory bummer chagrin collapse disillusionment disappointment disappoint disappointing descent decline decadence comparison comedown adumbration