climactic
gb/klaɪmˈæktɪk/ us/klaɪmˈæktɪk/
C1
Kiingereza
Maana
maana 0
adjective
C1
property
1
forming the most exciting point
The most exciting or important part.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[climactic] [moment/scene/ending/final/battle/point]
Kosa la kawaida:
Do not confuse climactic (about a climax in a story/event) with climatic (about climate and weather).
Visawe
culminating (Emphasizes being the final and highest point in a process.)
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pivotal (Emphasizes importance for what happens next.)
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dramatic (Emphasizes excitement and strong feeling, not necessarily the highest point.)
Vinyume
anticlimactic (Disappointing after building expectation; not matching the expected climax.)
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minor (Not very important or intense.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
climactic moment
|climactic scene
|climactic ending
|climactic finale
|climactic conclusion
|climactic battle
|climactic showdown
|climactic twist
|climactic sequence
|climactic point
Mada
arts_and_media
|storytelling
Mifano
- The climactic scene takes place on the rooftop during a thunderstorm.
- In the climactic final minutes of the match, both teams scored twice.
- The novel builds slowly to a climactic confrontation between the sisters.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- The movie has a climactic ending.
- The climactic moment was very exciting.
adjective
formal
C2
property
2
relating to sexual climax
Related to orgasm.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[climactic] [experience/response/pleasure]
Kosa la kawaida:
This meaning is more formal/clinical; in everyday conversation people often avoid it or use different words.
Visawe
orgasmic (More direct and explicit; often less formal.)
Vinyume
nonorgasmic (Not involving orgasm.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
climactic experience
|climactic response
|climactic pleasure
|climactic sensation
Mada
health
|relationships
Mifano
- The therapist asked whether she was able to reach a climactic response.
- The book discusses climactic sensations in clinical terms.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
climactic
IPA
GB/klaɪmˈæktɪk/
US/klaɪmˈæktɪk/
Silabi na mkazo
cli - mactic (silabi 2)
Stress on 2nd syllable (mactic)
Maumbo ya neno
Adjective
- Base: climactic
Familia ya neno
Core family
climax
noun B1
Negative and opposite forms
anticlimax
noun
anticlimactic
adjective C1
Advanced or less common
climactically
adverb
Semi
Bado hakuna semi zilizounganishwa na ingizo hili.