comedown
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈkoʊmˌdaʊn/
:
caída
- For the team, finishing third in the tournament was a disappointing comedown after their earlier victories.
- a big comedown
- a real comedown
Examples
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It's all a huge comedown for farmers who had expected a record year when they sowed 96.4 million acres in corn, the most since 1937.
Blog text (13) -
I suppose it is an awful comedown for you.
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Bit of a comedown, isn't it?
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Alas, what a comedown that would be!
Academic text (1996) -
I'm sure this is a big comedown from what you're used to.
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It seems like Shanghai's gonna be a bit of a comedown for you after Berlin, Mr. Soames.
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It was a real comedown from the cottage behind the judge's house, but it was nice enough to make me wonder where Gotelli got the money to pay for it.
Fiction book (1991) -
An hour later, he was dressed in his uniform of double-knit pants and guayabera, an open-necked Mexican "dress" shirt, which seemed to me quite a comedown from the expensive suits he used to wear.
Fiction book (1992) -
After his promotion, the sudden job loss felt like a comedown that he struggled to accept.
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She found the move from a luxurious apartment to a small studio to be a significant comedown in her living standards.
Synonyms
11
3.9
A move of someone to a lower job rank at work
10
3.9
A sudden decrease in amount, quality or rate
3
4.6
A decrease in amount or level, for example moving to a lower job
3
4.0
A drop in amount, level, or quality
1
7.0
Moving a person or thing into a less important position
1
5.1
A period when something gets worse
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Comedown comes from the simple words come + down, meaning 'to move from higher to lower', so imagine someone stepping down from a stage or ladder — a comedown is a fall in position or a disappointing change in status.