a situation that is disappointing because it happens at the end of something that was much more exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expectedTravelling in Europe was something of an anticlimax after the years he'd spent in Africa.a sense/feeling of anticlimaxcompareclimaxExtra examplesI’m afraid the party itself felt like a total anticlimax after all the other celebrations.There was no hiding the sense of anticlimax, if not downright disappointment.Travelling in Europe was something of an anticlimax after the years he’d spent in Africa.
See anticlimax in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
