climaxing
Hitting the zenith
Climaxing is the act of reaching a peak or culmination.
A story climaxes at its moment of highest tension.
A career climaxes with its greatest achievement.
Most commonly, climaxing refers to reaching orgasm during sexual activity: She was climaxing just as the phone rang.
The word works for any buildup that reaches its apex.
Uppermost point or culmination
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- acmeUltimate point of attainment
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
crest · crescendo · height · highpoint · apogee · culmination · maximum · intensity
Story's final unraveling
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- payoffCulminating benefit received
turning point · story arc · tension release · final act · plot resolution · showdown · confrontation · revelation
Peak sexual pleasure
- orgasmingReaching sexual climax
- comingIn the process of approaching
- finishingBringing to completion
- releaseTo let go
ecstasy · pleasure · arousal · intimacy · sensation · gratification · consummation · culmination
apex
Uppermost point or culmination
summit · crest · crescendo · height · highpoint · apogee · culmination · maximum · intensity · mounting
denouement
Story's final unraveling
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
payoff · turning point · story arc · tension release · final act · plot resolution · showdown · confrontation · revelation · catharsis
orgasm
Peak sexual pleasure
release · ecstasy · pleasure · arousal · intimacy · sensation · gratification · consummation · culmination · erotic
- peakspeak, summit, mountaintop, mountain peak, pinnacle
climaxingbeginning
Initial stage of something
starting · opening · introducing · winding down · fading
climaxingdipping
Brief immersion action
bottoming out · plummeting · declining · falling · dropping
climaxingunaroused
Not physically excited
unstimulated · cooling down · building up · subsiding · refractory
climax, climaxes, anticlimax, climaxed, anticlimactic, anticlimaxes, anticlimactically