Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A decline to a lower status or level.
- noun A feeling of disappointment or depression.
- noun A cause of disappointment or depression.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fall or downfall, in a figurative sense; a sudden change for the worse in one's circumstances; a set-back.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. A downfall; an humiliation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A sudden
drop to alower status ,condition orlevel ; adisappointment orletdown - noun A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun decline to a lower status or level
- verb be the essential element
- verb get sick
- verb fall from clouds
- verb criticize or reprimand harshly
- verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
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Examples
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That was a major comedown from the previous five games — four against San Antonio and one against Minnesota — where O'Neal was back to being his dominant self.
USATODAY.com - Malone, Lakers not afraid to mix it up with Wolves 2004
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Getting trashed on speed and sleeping off the comedown is my THERAPY!
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Getting trashed on speed and sleeping off the comedown is my THERAPY!
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Despite the speculation, the notion that being a senator would be some kind of comedown made no sense to Hillary.
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Forgoing the usual "comedown" finale, Magda instead closes the mix with Jimmy Edgar's "Beat Squared"/Jan Jelinek's "Tierbeobachtungen", whose punchy rhythm and synth blasts clearly nod back to the vintage sounds of Detroit, as well as Factory Records 'Be Music productions of the 1980s.
PopMatters John Bergstrom 2010
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Forgoing the usual "comedown" finale, Magda instead closes the mix with Jimmy Edgar's "Beat Squared"/Jan Jelinek's "Tierbeobachtungen", whose punchy rhythm and synth blasts clearly nod back to the vintage sounds of Detroit, as well as Factory Records 'Be Music productions of the 1980s.
PopMatters John Bergstrom 2010
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The Super Bowl functions as a kind of comedown from the holiday season.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Kathleen St. John 2010
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The Super Bowl functions as a kind of comedown from the holiday season.
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The Super Bowl functions as a kind of comedown from the holiday season.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Kathleen St. John 2010
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The Super Bowl functions as a kind of comedown from the holiday season.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Kathleen St. John 2010
hernesheir commented on the word comedown
In the language of railroad telegraphy, comedown stood for "Do not pay any commission". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Bummer, dude.
January 21, 2013