let-down
noun
[ ˈlɛtdaʊn ]
• a disappointment.
• "the election was a bit of a let-down"
Similar:
disappointment,
disillusionment,
anticlimax,
comedown,
non-success,
non-event,
fiasco,
setback,
frustration,
blow,
washout,
damp squib,
• the release of milk in a nursing mother or lactating animal as a reflex response to suckling or massage.
• "in order to aid let-down do not feed at this time"
• the descent of an aircraft or spacecraft prior to landing.
• "you might well commence a let-down miles away"
let down
• fail to support or help someone as they had hoped or expected.
• "if I let him down now, I knew he'd never trust me again"
Similar:
fail,
fail to support,
fall short of expectation,
disappoint,
disillusion,
disenchant,
abandon,
desert,
leave stranded,
leave in the lurch,
leave high and dry,
betray,
neglect,
jilt,
stab in the back,
bail on,
forsake,
• lower something slowly.
• "they let down a basket on a chain"
• make a garment longer by lowering the hem.
• "I put on a skirt that Sylvie had let down for me"
Opposite:
take up,
• deflate a tyre.
• "the driver was still in the cab, so I couldn't let the tyres down"
• (of an aircraft) descend prior to landing.
• "over the harbour, I started to let down"
