comedown
[
kuhm
-doun]
/ˈkʌmˌdaʊn/
noun
1.
an unexpected or humiliating descent from dignity, importance, or wealth.
Origin
1555-65;
noun use of verb phrase
come down
Examples from the web for
comedown
The rush of the ecstasy experience is followed by a period of low mood known as a
comedown
.
For him, carpentry is not a
comedown
but a profession that gives him a pride of accomplishment.
His
comedown
is the fate of nearly all financial-markets gurus.
British Dictionary definitions for
comedown
comedown
/
ˈkʌmˌdaʊn
/
noun
1.
a decline in position, status, or prosperity
2.
(
informal
) a disappointment
3.
(
slang
) a depressed or unexcited state
verb
(
intransitive, adverb
)
4.
to come to a place regarded as lower
5.
to lose status, wealth, etc (esp in the phrase
to come down in the world
)
6.
to reach a decision:
the report came down in favour of a pay increase
7.
(
often foll by to
) to be handed down or acquired by tradition or inheritance
8.
(
Brit
) to leave college or university
9.
(
foll by with
) to succumb (to illness or disease)
10.
(
foll by on
) to rebuke or criticize harshly
11.
(
foll by to
) to amount in essence (to):
it comes down to two choices
12.
(
slang
) to lose the effects of a drug and return to a normal or more normal state
13.
(
Austral
,
informal
) (of a river) to flow in flood
Slang definitions & phrases for
comedown
comedown
noun
A reduction of one's status; loss of prestige
: Riding the bus was a comedown for her
(1840+)
The ending of a drug experience
: I cooled it with Quaalude. The comedown wasn't too bad
(1950s+ Narcotics)
letdown
(1950s+)