COMEDOWN

Meaning of COMEDOWN in English

{n.} Disappointment; embarrassment; failure. * /It was quite a comedown for Al when the girl he took for granted refused his marriage proposal./

Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012

COMEDOWN — noun Date: 1840 a descent in rank or dignity
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COMEDOWN — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: come down : a descent from rank or dignity or from a higher to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMEDOWN — (n.) A downfall; an humiliation.
Английский словарь Webster
COMEDOWN — ( n. ) A downfall; an humiliation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COMEDOWN — /kum"down'/ , n. an unexpected or humiliating descent from dignity, importance, or wealth. [ 1555-65; n. use of v. phrase …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMEDOWN — n. decline, reverse, disappointment, anti-climax, sudden descent
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COMEDOWN — noun Date: 1840 : a descent in rank or dignity
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMEDOWN — noun a downfall; an humiliation.
Webster English vocab
COMEDOWN — ■ noun informal 1》 a loss of status or importance. 2》 a feeling of disappointment or depression. ↘a lessening of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COMEDOWN — [come.down] n (1840): a descent in rank or dignity
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COMEDOWN — comedown BrE AmE ˈkʌm daʊn ▷ comedown|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COMEDOWN — / ˈkʌmdaʊn; NAmE / noun [ usually sing. ] ( informal ) a situation in which a person is not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMEDOWN — come ‧ down /ˈkʌmdaʊn/ BrE AmE noun [singular] a situation that is not as good, important, interesting etc as the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMEDOWN — n. 1 a loss of status; decline or degradation. 2 a disappointment.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COMEDOWN — n. 1 a loss of status; decline or degradation. 2 a disappointment.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMEDOWN — n.1 a loss of status; decline or degradation. 2 a disappointment.
Oxford English vocab
COMEDOWN — Note: in BRIT, also use 'come-down' If you say that something is a comedown , you think that it is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMEDOWN — Note: in BRIT, also use 'come-down' If you say that something is a ~, you think that it is not …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
COMEDOWN — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Teaching eighth-grade English must be a big comedown for a man with two PhDs. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMEDOWN — [noun] [U] [informal] - something that fails to be as good as you had hoped or expected; an anticlimaxI was …
Cambridge English vocab
COMEDOWN — Synonyms and related words : abasement, anticlimax, backset, bafflement, balk, bathos, belittling, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, breakdown, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMEDOWN — {n.} Disappointment; embarrassment; failure. * /It was quite a comedown for Al when the girl he took for granted refused …
Slang English vocab
COMEDOWN — n. Function: noun a loss of status FF1C; bitter over their comedown in the world FF1E; Synonyms: descent, discomfiture, down; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
COMEDOWN — noun a loss of status bitter over their comedown in the world Synonyms: descent, discomfiture, down; compare setback Related Word: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMEDOWN — n. 25B6; noun (informal) a bit of a comedown for a sergeant : LOSS OF STATUS, loss of face, humiliation, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMEDOWN — n. Disappointment; embarrassment; failure. It was quite a comedown for Al when the girl he took for granted refused his …
American Idioms English vocabulary
COMEDOWN — n 1) infml After owning her own little shop for so many years, it was quite a comedown for her to have …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
COMEDOWN — n 1) infml After owning her own little shop for so many years, it was quite a comedown for her …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
COMEDOWN — comedown n 1. infml After owning her own little shop for so many years, it was quite a comedown for …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
COMEDOWN — 1) After owning her own little shop for so many years, it was quite a comedown for her to have …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
COMEDOWN — n. Pronunciation: ' k ə m- ˌ dau ̇ n Function: noun Date: 1840 : a descent in rank or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COMEDOWN — сущ. 1) падение ( с горы, скалы ) ; снижение, понижение Syn: descent , downfall 2) регресс, спад ( экономический, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
COMEDOWN — сущ. 1) падение (с горы, скалы); снижение, понижение Syn: descent, downfall 2) регресс, спад (экономический, промышленный), упадок Syn: worsening, change for the worse 3) унижение (во всех …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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