Meaning of LETDOWN
Pronunciation: | | 'let`dawn
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| Definition: | | [n] a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment" |
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| Synonyms: | | disappointment |
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| See Also: | | defeat, dissatisfaction, frustration | |
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| Related Terms: | | abasement, abatement, allayment, alleviation, arrest, assuagement, bafflement, balk, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, blunting, buffet, calming, check, comedown, cruel disappointment, damping, dash, dashed hope, deadening, debasement, deceleration, defeat, deflation, delay, demulsion, descent, detention, diminution, disappointment, discomfiture, disgrace, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, drag, dulcification, dulling, dump, ease-off, ease-up, easing, embarrassment, failure, fallen countenance, falling-off, fiasco, fizzle, flagging, foiling, forlorn hope, frustration, hangdog look, holdup, hope deferred, humbled pride, humiliation, hushing, lag, leniency, lessening, letup, lightening, loosening, lulling, minus acceleration, mirage, mitigation, modulation, mollification, mortification, obstruction, pacification, palliation, put-down, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, remission, retardation, retardment, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-diminishment, setback, setdown, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, slackening, slack-up, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowup, softening, soothing, sore disappointment, subduement, tantalization, tease, tempering, tranquilization |
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