comedown

come·down  (kmdoun)

n.

1. A decline to a lower status or level.

2.

a. A feeling of disappointment or depression.

b. A cause of disappointment or depression.

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comedown [ˈkʌmˌdaʊn]

n

1. a decline in position, status, or prosperity

2. Informal a disappointment

3. Slang a depressed or unexcited state

vb come down (intr, adverb)

1. to come to a place regarded as lower

2. to lose status, wealth, etc. (esp in the phrase to come down in the world)

3. to reach a decision the report came down in favour of a pay increase

4. (often foll by to) to be handed down or acquired by tradition or inheritance

5. (Social Science / Education) Brit to leave college or university

6. (foll by with) to succumb (to illness or disease)

7. (foll by on) to rebuke or criticize harshly

8. (foll by to) to amount in essence (to) it comes down to two choices

9. (Law / Recreational Drugs) Slang to lose the effects of a drug and return to a normal or more normal state

10. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Austral informal (of a river) to flow in flood

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

comedown - decline to a lower status or level abasement, humiliation - depriving one of self-esteem

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comedown

noun

1. decline, reverse, demotion His new job is a comedown after the high office he held previously.

2. (Informal) disappointment, blow, humiliation, whammy (informal, chiefly U.S.), letdown, anticlimax After all the build-up, the wedding itself was a bit of a comedown.

Translations

comedown [ˈkʌmdaʊn] N (= humiliation) → humillación f
the house is a bit of a comedown from the mansion she is used to → la casa representa un cierto bajón de nivel en comparación con la mansión a la que ha estado acostumbrada

comedown [ˈkʌmdaʊn] n → déchéance f

comedown

n (inf) → Abstieg m

comedown [ˈkʌmˌdaʊn] n no pl → passo indietro