bringdown
1 of 2noun
bring·down ˈbriŋ-ˌdau̇n 
: comedown, letdown
bring down
2 of 2verb
brought down; bringing down; brings down
transitive verb
1
: to cause to fall by or as if by shooting
2
: to carry (a total) forward
Synonyms
Noun
- bummer
- disappointment
- letdown
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Example Sentences
Noun meeting one's literary hero is usually a bad idea—almost inevitably it's a bringdown
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1935, in the meaning defined above
Verb
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
bringdown 1 of 2
noun
as in disappointment
something that disappoints meeting one's literary hero is usually a bad idea—almost inevitably it's a bringdown Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- disappointment
- letdown
- loser
- failure
- fizzle
- fiasco
- lemon
- bummer
- anticlimax
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- success
- relief
- winner
bring down
2 of 2verb
as in to shoot down
Synonyms & Similar Words
- shoot down
- blow away
- pick off
- gun
- drill
- pepper
- plug
- pop
- fire (at)
- snipe (at)
- wipe out
- drop
- shoot
- blaze
- blast (at)
- pistol
- shotgun
- blot out
- potshot
- fell
- destroy
- kill
- slay
- do in
- dispatch
- slaughter
- ice
- butcher
- massacre
- annihilate
- decimate
- tommy-gun
- croak
- machine-gun
- incredibleness
- incrediblenesses
- incredibly
- increditable
- accountancy
- accountant
- accountants
- accountantship
- accountantships
- accounted
- accounted (for)
- accounted for
- accounted for someone or something
- accounted for something
- accounting
- accounting (for)
- accounting equation
- accounting for
- accounting for someone or something
- accounting for something
- accounting machine
- accountings
- accounts
- accounts (for)
- accounts current