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comedown

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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.

comedown
Noun
1. a decline in status or prosperity
2. Informal a disappointment
Verb
come down
1. (of prices) to become lower
2. to reach a decision: a 1989 court ruling came down in favour of three councils who wanted Sunday trading banned
3. to be handed down by tradition or inheritance
4. come down with to begin to suffer from (illness)
5. come down on to reprimand sharply
6. come down to to amount to: at the end the case came down to the one simple issue
7. come down in the world to lose status or prosperity
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.comedown - decline to a lower status or level
abasement, humiliation - depriving one of self-esteem
Translations
comedown [ˈkʌmdaun] nrevés m
comedown [ˈkʌmdaun] ndéchéance f
comedown [ˈkʌmdaun] (inf) nEnttäuschung f;
(professional) → Abstieg m
comedown [ˈkʌmdaun] nrovescio


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Taking into account foul weather, Christmas debts, the comedown from holiday cheer and New Year's resolutions that are no longer resolute, a Welsh psychologist using a mathematical formula he developed determined that Monday was the most depressing day of the year.
Perhaps sensing that the lukewarm projection signals a comedown, some institutional investors may be running from Guess.
Joseph's family's move to the dreary Mews, the Colemans's comedown to a little poky house in Hoxton, Nanny's wretched surroundings, the island where Mr.
 
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