Comedown — Come down , n. A downfall; an humiliation. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
comedown — index descent (declination), disgrace, misfortune Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
comedown — [n] letdown, blow anticlimax, blow, collapse, comeuppance, crash, cropper*, decline, defeat, deflation, demotion, descent, disappointment, discomfiture, dive, down, downfall, failure, fall, flop*, humiliation, pratfall*, reverse, ruin, setback,… … New thesaurus
comedown — ► NOUN informal 1) a loss of status or importance. 2) a feeling of disappointment or depression. 3) a lessening of the sensations generated by a narcotic drug as its effects wear off … English terms dictionary
comedown — ☆ comedown [kum′doun΄ ] n. a fall to a low or lower status or position, as of power or wealth … English World dictionary
comedown — UK [ˈkʌmˌdaʊn] / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms comedown : singular comedown plural comedowns 1) a situation in which you suddenly have less status or fewer advantages than you had previously The accommodation was something of a … English dictionary
Comedown — «Glycerine» Sencillo de Bush del álbum Sixteen Stone Grabación 1994 Género(s) grunge Duración 5:26 Discográfica … Wikipedia Español
comedown — [[t]kʌ̱mdaʊn[/t]] N SING: a N If you say that something is a comedown, you think that it is not as good as something else that you have just done or had. After getting your degree and being on a high, it s quite a comedown to experience constant… … English dictionary
comedown — noun, informal 1) a bit of a comedown for a sergeant Syn: loss of status, loss of face, humiliation, belittlement, demotion, degradation, disgrace 2) it s such a comedown after Christmas Syn: anticlimax … Thesaurus of popular words
comedown — {n.} Disappointment; embarrassment; failure. * /It was quite a comedown for Al when the girl he took for granted refused his marriage proposal./ … Dictionary of American idioms
