comedown
noun [S] /ˈkʌm.daʊn/ informalDefinition
› a situation that is not as good as the one you were in before: These days he plays to audiences of a hundred or fewer which is a bit of a comedown after Wembley Stadium.Disappointing yourself and others
(Definition of comedown noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anticlimax noun
- be one in the eye for sb idiom
- break sb's heart idiom
- chagrin noun
- damp squib noun
- disappointment noun
- dishearten verb
- dishonour verb
- disillusion verb
- droop verb
- fail verb (NOT HELP)
- let the side down idiom
- letdown noun
- non-event noun
- not be all it's cracked up to be idiom
- pity noun
- sick as a parrot idiom
- swizz noun
- the bubble bursts idiom
- turn your back on sb idiom
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