climactic
/ˌklaɪˈmæk.tɪk/
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British/ˌklɑjˈmaktɪk/
climactic adjective: of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest excitement.
Adjective
climactic (comparative more climactic, superlative most climactic)
- Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest excitement.
- The race ended in a climactic, neck-and-neck scramble for the finish line.
- ... and the ending (within the last 50-ish pages) is simply incredible; very climactic.2011 December 13, Antony Jones, “Book review of 'Elantris' by Brandon Sanderson”, in SF Book
climactic meaning in Malayalam
climactic in Malayalam
- ending, final, closing
- മൂർദ്ധന്യത്തിലെത്തിയ, ആവേശോജ്ജ്വലമായ അന്ത്യത്തോടടുത്ത, പരമ, പരകോടിയെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, പരമകാഷ്ഠയിലെത്തിയ, ആത്യന്തികമായ
Examples of climactic in a sentence
- A big, climactic scene is set on the steps and in the shadow of Sacré-Coeur.2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC:
- Then we went to General Hospital, which is a very climactic sound.2024 May 31, Janet di Lauro, “DAYS’s Elia Cantu Reveals The Backstory of Her Musical Performance”, in Soap Opera Digest:
Forms of climactic
| comparative | more climactic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most climactic |
Origin of climactic
From climax + -ic on analogy of syntactic.
Words formed from climactic
Questions about climactic
- What does climactic mean?
- Climactic means of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest excitement.
- What is climactic in Malayalam?
- Climactic in Malayalam is മൂർദ്ധന്യത്തിലെത്തിയ, ആവേശോജ്ജ്വലമായ അന്ത്യത്തോടടുത്ത, പരമ. See Climactic meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use climactic in a sentence?
- A big, climactic scene is set on the steps and in the shadow of Sacré-Coeur.
- What part of speech is climactic?
- Climactic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce climactic?
- Climactic is pronounced /ˌklaɪˈmæk.tɪk/.
Words near climactic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: climactic (page history and authors); climactic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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