climax
/ˈklaɪ.mæks/noun, verb2 syllables
Climax means: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse.
Synonyms for climax6
noun, as in the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
noun, as in the decisive moment in a novel or play
verb, as in end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
What does climax mean?6
noun
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding“the climax of the artist's career”
the decisive moment in a novel or play“the deathbed scene is the climax of the play”
the most severe stage of a disease
arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
verb
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage“The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Climax in a sentence
- The audience sobbed throughout the climax of the movie.shekitten
- The game came to a climax.rul
- All voices were extinguished in the climax.marcelostockle
- The information was the capping climax.remline
- After watching the movie’s climax, I wished I could rewind time to see the earlier scenes again.Myrano_
- Tom doesn't know the difference between climax and climacteric.thomsmells
- Mary did not climax when she and Tom had their first sexual intercourse.saluyot
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Forms of climax
as a noun
- plural
- climaxes
as a verb
- past tense
- climaxed
- present participle
- climaxing
- third-person singular
- climaxes
- past participle
- climaxed