bringdown
1 of 2noun
bring·down ˈbriŋ-ˌdau̇n 
: comedown, letdown
bring down
2 of 2verb
brought down; bringing down; brings down
transitive verb
1
: to cause to fall by or as if by shooting
2
: to carry (a total) forward
Synonyms
Noun
- bummer
- disappointment
- letdown
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Example Sentences
Noun meeting one's literary hero is usually a bad idea—almost inevitably it's a bringdown
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1935, in the meaning defined above
Verb
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
bringing down
verb
as in picking off
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- picking off
- blowing away
- shooting down
- drilling
- sniping (at)
- gunning
- plugging
- popping
- firing (at)
- wiping out
- blasting (at)
- doing in
- potshotting
- shooting
- blazing
- dropping
- blotting out
- peppering
- pistoling
- pistolling
- shotgunning
- destroying
- tommy-gunning
- killing
- slaying
- slaughtering
- dispatching
- felling
- icing
- annihilating
- butchering
- massacring
- decimating
- croaking
- machine-gunning
