comedown

[ kuhm-doun ]

/ ˈkʌmˌdaʊn /

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noun

an unexpected or humiliating descent from dignity, importance, or wealth.

Nearby words

comedist, comedo, comedo nevus, comedocarcinoma, comedogenic, comedown, comedy, comedy of errors, comedy of errors, the, comedy of manners, comely

Origin of comedown

First recorded in 1555–65; noun use of verb phrase come down

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Examples from the Web for comedown

And at Anagni he may certainly rest for the night, though his quarters may be a comedown not only from Rome but from Velletri.
Studies of Travel: Italy|Edward A. Freeman
They say it is fine and homelike there, but it will surely be some comedown after Rue Brea.
Molly Brown's Orchard Home|Nell Speed
There was a comedown now of feathered hats, and point collars, and curled hair; and leathern jerkin should have its day.
The Pigeon Pie|Charlotte M. Yonge
I got the impression he was a bitter man because, I imagine when he defected to Russia, it was comedown.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Poor Peggy—it was rather a comedown after her fairy visions.
Little Miss Peggy|Mrs. Molesworth

British Dictionary definitions for comedown

comedown

/ (ˈkʌmˌdaʊn) /

noun

a decline in position, status, or prosperity

informal a disappointment

slang a depressed or unexcited state

verb come down (intr, adverb)

to come to a place regarded as lower

to lose status, wealth, etc (esp in the phrase to come down in the world)

to reach a decisionthe report came down in favour of a pay increase

(often foll by to) to be handed down or acquired by tradition or inheritance

British to leave college or university

(foll by with) to succumb (to illness or disease)

(foll by on) to rebuke or criticize harshly

(foll by to) to amount in essence (to)it comes down to two choices

slang to lose the effects of a drug and return to a normal or more normal state

Australian informal (of a river) to flow in flood

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