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lower, take down, let down, get down, bring downverb
move something or somebody to a lower position
«take down the vase from the shelf»
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commence, land, swallow, write down, bring down, get off, tear down, get, raze, impose, trim down, disgrace, lower, demoralise, take down, dismount, get down, dismantle, cut, demoralize, demean, trim back, trim, overthrow, turn down, pull down, cut down, disappoint, glower, reduce, degrade, set about, lour, subvert, overturn, visit, level, frown, start, put down, begin, inflict, cast down, start out, dispirit, depress, cut back, deject, dismay, light, set down, rase, unhorse, note, set out -
disappoint, let downverb
fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
«Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage»
Synonyms:
lower, get down, disappoint, take down, bring down
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Jordan Daniel:
I immediately felt so heartbroken for the families and the advocates and all the hard work that went into this day, to have it completely erased, all I kept thinking was not only are the families continuously feeling let down by the outside systems at play, but here they are again being let down by these tech companies who are silencing (them) for being a voice for their loved one.
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Geoff Henley:
They genuinely feel let down.
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Prince Harry:
There is a lot to work through there, i feel really let down. He’s been through something similar. He knows what pain feels like. And Archie is his grandson. I will always love him, but there is a lot of hurt that has happened.
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Lisa Cosmas Hanson:
It will be a big let down to a revitalized industry if the delay to licensing continues for any significant period of time, hopefully the halt is merely procedural and the licensing process will return to normal swiftly.
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Noaman Sideek:
Everyone is saying, ‘Oh, again, again,’ we need more security… Of course we are targeted, and of course the government knows we are targeted, so why don’t they protect us? We are feeling hurt and let down by the government.
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- أنزلArabic
- spustit, spouštětCzech
- hinunterlassen, enttäuschen, im Stich lassen, herunterlassenGerman
- decepcionar, bajar, fallarSpanish
- اجازه دهید پایینPersian
- temperoida, laskea, pettää, antaa periksi, hylätä, pidentääFinnish
- laisser tomber, baisser, abaisserFrench
- scaoil anuasIrish
- átejt, cserbenhagy, becsapHungarian
- abbassare, scontentare, deludereItalian
- 失望, 下げる, 下ろすJapanese
- opuszczać, opuścić, rozczarować, zawieśćPolish
- desapontar, decepcionarPortuguese
- опустить, спустить, подводить, подвести, разочаровать, разочаровывать, опускать, спускатьRussian
- lämna i sticket, svikaSwedish
- hayal kırıklığına uğratmakTurkish
- نیچے آوUrdu
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Are we missing a good synonym for let down?
- abandon
- depress
- disenchant
- disillusion
- dissatisfy
- fail
- fall short
- leave in lurch
- leave stranded
- lower
- pull down
- take down
- underwhelm
On this page you’ll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to let down, such as: abandon, depress, disenchant, disillusion, dissatisfy, and fail.
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How to use let down in a sentence
After the hanging a temporary reaction took place—a let-down from the hectic, fevered agitations of preceding days.
PORT O’ GOLDLOUIS JOHN STELLMAN
It was a little let-down to this exalted condition that it had to come within the social bonds of their common every-day lives.
WAS IT RIGHT TO FORGIVE?AMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON BARR
Were you so tired of a little useful work that ye maun greet a let-down with such early rising?
THE SNOW-BURNERHENRY OYEN
He had gone on hoping from day to day that Barker might not notice the «let-down» in her work, and now the blow had fallen.
POLLY OF THE CIRCUSMARGARET MAYO
A curious let-down feeling took possession of the young man.
ANGELA’S BUSINESSHENRY SYDNOR HARRISON
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO LET DOWN
- abandon
- be unfaithful
- bite the hand that feeds you
- blow the whistle
- bluff
- break faith
- break promise
- break trust
- break with
- commit treason
- cross
- deceive
- deliver up
- delude
- desert
- double-cross
- finger
- forsake
- go back on
- inform against
- inform on
- jilt
- knife
- let down
- mislead
- play Judas
- play false
- seduce
- sell down the river
- sell out
- stab in the back
- take in
- trick
- turn in
- turn informer
- turn state’s evidence
- walk out on
- couch
- demit
- dip
- droop
- flatten
- let down
- level
- lower
- press down
- settle
- sink
- smoosh
- squash
- blue
- bummed out
- cast down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- desolate
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- dismal
- dispirited
- down
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- melancholic
- melancholy
- miserable
- moody
- morose
- not happy
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- spiritless
- taken down
- tearful
- teary
- torn-up
- unhappy
- upset
- weeping
- woebegone
- couches
- demits
- dips
- droops
- flattens
- lets down
- levels
- lowers
- presses down
- settles
- sinks
- smooshes
- squashes
- abort
- baffle
- balk
- bring to naught
- bungle
- cast down
- chagrin
- circumvent
- come to nothing
- dash
- dash hopes
- deceive
- delude
- disconcert
- disenchant
- disgruntle
- dishearten
- disillusion
- dissatisfy
- dumbfound
- embitter
- fail
- fall down on
- fall flat
- fall short of
- foil
- founder
- hamper
- hinder
- leave in the lurch
- let down
- miscarry
- mislead
- not show
- put out
- ruin prospects
- stand up
- tease
- thwart
- torment
- underwhelm
- vex
- bend
- dangle
- decline
- depress
- diminish
- drop
- fade
- fail
- faint
- fall down
- flag
- lean
- let down
- loll
- lop
- sag
- settle
- sink
- sling
- slouch
- slump
- subside
- suspend
- weaken
- wilt
- wither
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2 definitions
let down (Verb) — | Move something down to a less high position 1 example |
1. ex. «let down the vase from the shelf» | |
let down (Verb) — | Fail to meet the hopes or expectations of 1 example |
1. ex. «greatly concerned not to let down a small child» |
1 definition
let down (Noun) — | A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized |
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betray, bring down, couch, deceive, defect, en.synonym.one, demit, depress, disappoint, droop, drop, fail, get down, lower, play false, sink, take down, disappointment, sell.
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down
adj
1 blue, dejected, depressed, disheartened, dismal, downcast, down in the dumps (informal) low, miserable, sad, sick as a parrot (informal) unhappy
vb
2 bring down, deck (slang) fell, floor, knock down, overthrow, prostrate, subdue, tackle, throw, trip
3 (informal) drain, drink (down), gulp, put away, swallow, toss off
n
4 decline, descent, drop, dropping, fall, falling, reverse
5 have a down on (informal) be antagonistic or hostile to, be anti (informal) bear a grudge towards, be contra (informal) be prejudiced against, be set against, feel ill will towards, have it in for (slang)
6 down with away with, get rid of, kick out (informal) oust, push out
back down
accede, admit defeat, back-pedal, concede, give in, surrender, withdraw, yield
bear down
1 burden, compress, encumber, press down, push, strain, weigh down
2 advance on, approach, attack, close in, converge on, move in
bed down
hit the hay (slang) lie, retire, settle down, sleep, turn in (informal)
bog down
delay, halt, impede, sink, slow down, slow up, stall, stick
boil down
come down, condense, decrease, reduce, summarize
break down
be overcome, collapse, come unstuck, conk out (informal) crack up (informal) fail, fall apart at the seams, give way, go kaput (informal) go phut, go to pieces, seize up, stop, stop working
bring down
abase, cut down, drop, fell, floor, lay low, level, lower, overthrow, overturn, pull down, reduce, shoot down, undermine, upset
broken-down
collapsed, dilapidated, in disrepair, inoperative, kaput (informal) not functioning, not in working order, old, on the blink (slang) on the fritz (U.S. slang) out of commission, out of order, worn out
buckle down
apply oneself, exert oneself, launch into, pitch in, put one’s shoulder to the wheel, set to
cast down
deject, depress, desolate, discourage, dishearten, dispirit
climb down
2 back down, eat crow (U.S. informal) eat one’s words, retract, retreat
come down
1 decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, fall, go downhill, go to pot (informal) reduce, worsen
2 choose, decide, favour, recommend
come down on
bawl out (informal) blast, carpet (informal) chew out (U.S. & Canad. informal) criticize, dress down (informal) give (someone) a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal) jump on (informal) lambast(e), put down, rap over the knuckles, read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, tear into (informal) tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. informal)
come down to
amount to, boil down to, end up as, result in
come down with
ail, be stricken with, catch, contract, fall ill, fall victim to, get, sicken, take, take sick
cry down
asperse, bad-mouth (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) belittle, decry, denigrate, disparage, knock (informal) rubbish (informal) run down, slag (off) (slang)
cut down
1 fell, hew, level, lop, raze
2 (sometimes with)
on decrease, lessen, lower, reduce
3 blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.) dispatch, kill, massacre, mow down, slaughter, slay (archaic) take out (slang)
4 cut (someone) down to size abash, humiliate, make (someone) look small, take the wind out of (someone’s) sails
down and out
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adj derelict, destitute, dirt-poor (informal) flat broke (informal) impoverished, on one’s uppers (informal) penniless, ruined, short, without two pennies to rub together (informal)
2 down-and-out
n bag lady (chiefly U.S.) beggar, bum (informal) derelict, dosser (Brit. slang) loser, outcast, pauper, tramp, vagabond, vagrant
down-market
bush-league (Austral. & N.Z. informal) cheap, cheap and nasty (informal) inferior, lowbrow, low-grade, low-quality, second-rate, shoddy, tacky (informal) tawdry, two-bit (U.S. & Canad. slang)
Antonyms
elite, exclusive, first-rate, highbrow, high-class, high-quality, posh (informal, chiefly Brit.) superior, top-quality, up-market
down-to-earth
common-sense, hard-headed, matter-of-fact, mundane, no-nonsense, plain-spoken, practical, realistic, sane, sensible, unsentimental
dress down
bawl out (informal) berate, carpet (informal) castigate, chew out (U.S. & Canad. informal) give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal) haul over the coals, rap over the knuckles, read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold, slap on the wrist, tear into (informal) tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. informal) tell off (informal) upbraid
fall down
disappoint, fail, fail to make the grade, fall short, go wrong, prove unsuccessful
fight down
bottle up, control, curb, hold back, repress, restrain, suppress
get down
1 alight, bring down, climb down, descend, disembark, dismount, get off, lower, step down
2 bring down, depress, dishearten, dispirit
go down
1 be beaten, collapse, decline, decrease, drop, fall, founder, go under, lose, set, sink, submerge, submit, suffer defeat
2 be commemorated, be recalled, be recorded, be remembered
hand down , on
bequeath, give, grant, pass on or down, transfer, will
hand-me-down
adj cast-off, handed down, inherited, passed on, reach-me-down (informal) second-hand, used, worn
knock down
batter, clout (informal) deck (slang) demolish, destroy, fell, floor, level, pound, raze, smash, wallop (informal) wreck
lay down
1 discard, drop, give, give up, relinquish, surrender, yield
2 affirm, assume, establish, formulate, ordain, postulate, prescribe, stipulate
let down
disappoint, disenchant, disillusion, dissatisfy, fail, fall short, leave in the lurch, leave stranded
look down on , upon
contemn, despise, disdain, hold in contempt, look down one’s nose at (informal) misprize, scorn, sneer, spurn, treat with contempt, turn one’s nose up (at) (informal)
low-down
base, cheap (informal) contemptible, despicable, low, mean, nasty, reprehensible, scurvy, ugly, underhand
mow down
blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.) butcher, cut down, cut to pieces, massacre, shoot down, slaughter
pin down
1 compel, constrain, force, make, press, pressurize
2 designate, determine, home in on, identify, locate, name, pinpoint, specify
3 bind, confine, constrain, fix, hold, hold down, immobilize, nail down, tie down
pipe down
belt up (slang) be quiet, button it (slang) button one’s lip (slang) hold one’s tongue, hush, put a sock in it (Brit. slang) quieten down, shush, shut one’s mouth, shut up (informal) silence
play down
gloss over, make light of, make little of, minimize, set no store by, soft-pedal (informal) underplay, underrate
pull down
bulldoze, demolish, destroy, raze, remove
Antonyms
build, construct, erect, put up, raise, set up
put-down
barb, dig, disparagement, gibe, humiliation, kick in the teeth (slang) knock (informal) one in the eye (informal) rebuff, sarcasm, slight, sneer, snub
put down
1 enter, inscribe, log, record, set down, take down, transcribe, write down
2 crush, quash, quell, repress, silence, stamp out, suppress
3 (with)
to ascribe, attribute, impute, set down
4 destroy, do away with, put away, put out of its misery, put to sleep
5 (slang) condemn, crush, deflate, dismiss, disparage, humiliate, mortify, reject, shame, slight, snub
run-down
1 below par, debilitated, drained, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, out of condition, peaky, tired, under the weather (informal) unhealthy, weak, weary, worn-out
2 broken-down, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, ramshackle, seedy, shabby, tumbledown, worn-out
Antonyms
1 fighting fit, fine, fit, fit as a fiddle, full of beans (informal) healthy, well
run down
1 curtail, cut, cut back, decrease, downsize, drop, pare down, reduce, trim
2 debilitate, exhaust, sap the strength of, tire, undermine the health of, weaken
3 asperse, bad-mouth (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) belittle, criticize adversely, decry, defame, denigrate, disparage, knock (informal) put down, revile, rubbish (informal) slag (off) (slang) speak ill of, vilify
4 hit, knock down, knock over, run into, run over, strike
shout down
drown, drown out, overwhelm, silence
shut down
cease, cease operating, close, discontinue, halt, shut up, stop, switch off
simmer down
calm down, collect oneself, contain oneself, control oneself, cool off or down, get down off one’s high horse (informal) grow quieter, unwind (informal)
slap down
bring to heel, put (someone) in his place, rebuke, reprimand, restrain, squash
step down
abdicate, bow out, give up, hand over, leave, pull out, quit, resign, retire
strike down
afflict, bring low, deal a deathblow to, destroy, kill, ruin, slay, smite
take down
1 make a note of, minute, note, put on record, record, set down, transcribe, write down
2 depress, drop, haul down, let down, lower, pull down, remove, take off
3 demolish, disassemble, dismantle, level, raze, take apart, take to pieces, tear down
4 deflate, humble, humiliate, mortify, put down (slang)
tone down
dampen, dim, mitigate, moderate, modulate, play down, reduce, restrain, soften, soft-pedal (informal) subdue, temper
track down
apprehend, bring to light, capture, catch, dig up, discover, expose, ferret out, find, hunt down, run to earth or ground, sniff out, trace, unearth
turn down
1 diminish, lessen, lower, muffle, mute, quieten, reduce the volume of, soften
2 abstain from, decline, rebuff, refuse, reject, repudiate, say no to, spurn, throw out
Antonyms
1 amplify, augment, boost, increase, raise, strengthen, swell, turn up
2 accede, accept, acquiesce, agree, receive, take
upside down
1 bottom up, inverted, on its head, overturned, upturned, wrong side up
2 (informal) chaotic, confused, disordered, higgledy-piggledy (informal) in chaos, in confusion, in disarray, in disorder, jumbled, muddled, topsy-turvy
water down
1 add water to, adulterate, dilute, put water in, thin, water, weaken
2 adulterate, mitigate, qualify, soften, tone down, weaken
Antonyms
1 fortify, purify, strengthen, thicken
wear down
1 abrade, be consumed, consume, corrode, erode, grind down, rub away
2 chip away at (informal) fight a war of attrition against, overcome gradually, reduce, undermine
weigh down
bear down, burden, depress, get down, oppress, overburden, overload, press down, trouble, weigh upon, worry
Antonyms
alleviate, ease, hearten, help, lift, lighten, refresh, relieve, unburden
wind down
cool off, decline, diminish, dwindle, lessen, reduce, relax, slacken, subside, taper off, unwind
Antonyms
accelerate, amplify, escalate, expand, heat up, increase, intensify, magnify, step up
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What is another word for let down?
1225 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ lˈɛt dˈa͡ʊn], [ lˈɛt dˈaʊn], [ l_ˈɛ_t d_ˈaʊ_n]
How to use «Let down» in context?
People often feel let down by others. It could be because someone didn’t meet their expectations, or because the person didn’t deliver what was promised. Sometimes, people feel let down by themselves as well. It can be a sign that they had high expectations or that they are not taking enough responsibility for their own life. Whatever the reason, when someone feels let down, it can feel frustrating and disappointing.
Rhymes with Let Down
- abbottstown
- abbotstown
- run-down
- mcquown
- facedown
- downtown
- uptown
- renown
- mcgown
- mccown
- mccoun
- frown
- drown
- crowne
- crown
- clown
- browne
- brown
- towne
- town
- shoun
- noun
- lown
- gown
- downe
- around
8. let
verb. [‘ˈlɛt’] consent to, give permission.
- stick out
- support
- clear
- give
- consent
- intromit
- privilege
- digest
- trust
- pass
- allow in
- let in
- legitimate
- legalize
- permit
- legitimise
- authorise
- put up
- authorize
- legitimatise
- favor
- include
- bear
- stand
- go for
- countenance
- furlough
- grant
- decriminalise
- suffer
- legitimatize
- tolerate
- brook
- accept
- admit
- legalise
- legitimize
- decriminalize
- favour
- allow
- endure
- stomach
- criminalize
- refuse
- outlaw
- criminalise
- disallow
- reject
- leten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- letten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lettan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Phrases with Let down
How Let down often is described
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gentle let down
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good let down