bringdownn.

Brit.

/ˈbrɪŋdaʊn/, U.S.

/ˈbrɪŋˌdaʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bring v., down adv.

Etymology: < bring v. + down adv. Compare to bring down 1 at bring v. Phrasal verbs, comedown n.

Originally U.S.

A depressing or disappointing person or experience; = downer n. 5a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > depressing quality > depressing thing, person, or circumstances

cloudc1430

palla1450

melancholya1475

downdraughta1681

Job's comforter1738

damper1748

killjoy1776

wet blanket1810

down-drag1814

chill1821

dismals1829

shadow1855

down1856

a skeleton at the feast (or banquet)1857

wet blanket1857

depressor1868

dampener1887

sorry-go-round1898

wet smack1927

bringdown1935

droopy drawers1939

big chill1943

party pooper1947

misery1951

party poop1951

grinch1966

downer1969

1935 Jazz Hot July–Aug. 11/1 Harty was a genuine bringdown.

1941 Washington Post 21 Sept. l6/5 But what a bringdown from the holy hoopla showered on us worshipful enthusiasts.

1947 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 3 Nov. 4/5 ‘A Bring-Down’ is a Square who embarrasses a ‘hipcat’.

1966 A. Ginsberg in Spontaneous Mind (2001) 63 It was a real bringdown for my teachers at Columbia, Trilling and Van Doren... The front page, my picture, me coming out of the police station.

2004 Independent 5 Jan. (Review section) 7/1 It's inevitable that Christmas is actually something of a bring-down for most people—even those surrounded by their loved ones.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	bringdown
释义	bringdownn. Brit. /ˈbrɪŋdaʊn/, U.S. /ˈbrɪŋˌdaʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bring v., down adv. Etymology: < bring v. + down adv. Compare to bring down 1 at bring v. Phrasal verbs, comedown n. Originally U.S. A depressing or disappointing person or experience; = downer n. 5a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > depressing quality > depressing thing, person, or circumstances cloudc1430 palla1450 melancholya1475 downdraughta1681 Job's comforter1738 damper1748 killjoy1776 wet blanket1810 down-drag1814 chill1821 dismals1829 shadow1855 down1856 a skeleton at the feast (or banquet)1857 wet blanket1857 depressor1868 dampener1887 sorry-go-round1898 wet smack1927 bringdown1935 droopy drawers1939 big chill1943 party pooper1947 misery1951 party poop1951 grinch1966 downer1969 1935 Jazz Hot July–Aug. 11/1 Harty was a genuine bringdown. 1941 Washington Post 21 Sept. l6/5 But what a bringdown from the holy hoopla showered on us worshipful enthusiasts. 1947 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 3 Nov. 4/5 ‘A Bring-Down’ is a Square who embarrasses a ‘hipcat’. 1966 A. Ginsberg in Spontaneous Mind (2001) 63 It was a real bringdown for my teachers at Columbia, Trilling and Van Doren... The front page, my picture, me coming out of the police station. 2004 Independent 5 Jan. (Review section) 7/1 It's inevitable that Christmas is actually something of a bring-down for most people—even those surrounded by their loved ones. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1935
随便看	to close a bargain to close a gap to close about to close about, on, round, upon to close an account to close an eye to close down to close in to close off to close one's days to close one's ears to close one's ears occasionally ear to close one's eyes to to close one's face to close one's mind to close one's mouth to close out to close ranks or files to close the book on to close the books to close the books on to close the door upon to close the maw to close the rearward to close the stable door