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Meaning of COMEDOWN

Pronunciation:  'kum`dawn

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  decline to a lower status or level
 
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 See Also: abasement, humiliation

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Come"down`\, n.
A downfall; an humiliation. [Colloq.]
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: abasement, anticlimax, backset, bafflement, balk, bathos, belittling, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, breakdown, buffet, cascade, cataract, check, chute, collapse, contempt, crash, cropper, cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hope, debacle, debasement, decadence, decadency, declension, declination, decline, decrial, defeat, deflation, defluxion, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demotion, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, derogation, descending, descension, descent, deterioration, detraction, devolution, disappointment, disapproval, discomfiture, discrediting, disgrace, disillusionment, disparagement, dissatisfaction, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drop, dropping, dump, dying, ebb, effeteness, embarrassment, fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, faint praise, fall, fallen countenance, falling, falling-off, fiasco, fizzle, foiling, forlorn hope, frustration, gravitation, hangdog look, hope deferred, humbled pride, humiliation, inclination, indignity, involution, knocking, lapse, letdown, loss of tone, lukewarm support, minimizing, mirage, mortification, nose dive, plummeting, pounce, pratfall, put-down, putting down, rapids, regression, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, reversal, reverse, reverse of fortune, ruin, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-diminishment, setback, setdown, severe check, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, slighting, slippage, slump, smash, sore disappointment, sour grapes, stoop, stumble, swoop, tailspin, tantalization, tease, throwback, tumble, undoing, wane, waterfall, wreck
 

 

 

 

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