letdown

or let-down

[ let-doun ]

/ ˈlɛtˌdaʊn /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR letdown ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.

disillusionment, discouragement, or disappointment: The job was a letdown.

depression; deflation: He felt a terrible letdown at the end of the play.

the accelerated movement of milk into the mammary glands of lactating mammals upon stimulation, as by massage or suckling.

Aeronautics. the descent of an aircraft from a higher to a lower altitude preparatory to making an approach and landing or to making a target run or the like.

Origin of letdown

First recorded in 1760–70; noun use of verb phrase let down

Words nearby letdown

let be, Let bygones be bygones, letch, Letchworth, let daylight through or into, letdown, let down easy, let down one's hair, let drop, let fly, let go

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for letdown

Over the next couple of years, though, some felt a letdown when they discovered that Borges had written no long works.
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else|Allen Barra|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Marlow: Only a bit of a letdown up until the final handful of episodes!
‘Orange Is the New Black’: Inside the Wild S2 Finale and What’s Next for Season 3|Kevin Fallon, Marlow Stern|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kent Sepkowitz wrote this past spring that other HIV "cures" didn't last long and this one was likely to be a letdown.
The ‘HIV-Cured Baby’ Distorts Hope|Kent Sepkowitz|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After the election night letdown the film jumps back to Christmas 2006.
Inside ‘Mitt,’ Netflix’s All-Access Mitt Romney Documentary|Marlow Stern|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Here are the reasons why the new season of Arrested Development is a letdown.
Why ‘Arrested Development’s’ Fourth Season Is a Bust: Contracts and More|Marlow Stern|May 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For most people, the experience of hypnosis is something of a letdown.
When You Don't Know Where to Turn|Steven J. Bartlett
Knowing that nothing was in sight but waiting was a letdown after the activity of the predawn hours.
Smugglers' Reef|John Blaine

British Dictionary definitions for letdown

let down

verb (tr, mainly adverb)

(also preposition) to lower

to fail to fulfil the expectations of (a person); disappoint

to undo, shorten, and resew (the hem) so as to lengthen (a dress, skirt, etc)

to untie (long hair that is bound up) and allow to fall loose

to deflateto let down a tyre

noun letdown

a disappointment

the gliding descent of an aircraft in preparation for landing

the release of milk from the mammary glands following stimulation by the hormone oxytocin

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with letdown

let down

Cause to descend, lower, as in They let down the sails. [Mid-1100s]

Also, let up. Slacken, abate, as in Sales are letting down in this quarter, or They didn't let up in their efforts until the end. The first term dates from the mid-1800s, the variant from the late 1700s.

See let someone down. Also see let one's hair down.

Medical definitions for letdown

let-down

[ lĕt′doun′ ]

n.

A physiologic reflex in lactating females, activated usually in response to sucking or crying by an infant, in which milk previously secreted into the alveoli of the breasts is released into the ducts that lead to the nipple.

单词	letdown
释义	letdown or let-down [ let-doun ] / ˈlɛtˌdaʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR letdown ON THESAURUS.COM noun a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers. disillusionment, discouragement, or disappointment: The job was a letdown. depression; deflation: He felt a terrible letdown at the end of the play. the accelerated movement of milk into the mammary glands of lactating mammals upon stimulation, as by massage or suckling. Aeronautics. the descent of an aircraft from a higher to a lower altitude preparatory to making an approach and landing or to making a target run or the like. Origin of letdown First recorded in 1760–70; noun use of verb phrase let down Words nearby letdown let be, Let bygones be bygones, letch, Letchworth, let daylight through or into, letdown, let down easy, let down one's hair, let drop, let fly, let go Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for letdown Over the next couple of years, though, some felt a letdown when they discovered that Borges had written no long works. Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else\|Allen Barra\|October 24, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Marlow: Only a bit of a letdown up until the final handful of episodes! ‘Orange Is the New Black’: Inside the Wild S2 Finale and What’s Next for Season 3\|Kevin Fallon, Marlow Stern\|July 12, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Kent Sepkowitz wrote this past spring that other HIV "cures" didn't last long and this one was likely to be a letdown. The ‘HIV-Cured Baby’ Distorts Hope\|Kent Sepkowitz\|March 7, 2014\|DAILY BEAST After the election night letdown the film jumps back to Christmas 2006. Inside ‘Mitt,’ Netflix’s All-Access Mitt Romney Documentary\|Marlow Stern\|January 17, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Here are the reasons why the new season of Arrested Development is a letdown. Why ‘Arrested Development’s’ Fourth Season Is a Bust: Contracts and More\|Marlow Stern\|May 28, 2013\|DAILY BEAST For most people, the experience of hypnosis is something of a letdown. When You Don't Know Where to Turn\|Steven J. Bartlett Knowing that nothing was in sight but waiting was a letdown after the activity of the predawn hours. Smugglers' Reef\|John Blaine British Dictionary definitions for letdown let down verb (tr, mainly adverb) (also preposition) to lower to fail to fulfil the expectations of (a person); disappoint to undo, shorten, and resew (the hem) so as to lengthen (a dress, skirt, etc) to untie (long hair that is bound up) and allow to fall loose to deflateto let down a tyre noun letdown a disappointment the gliding descent of an aircraft in preparation for landing the release of milk from the mammary glands following stimulation by the hormone oxytocin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with letdown let down 1 Cause to descend, lower, as in They let down the sails. [Mid-1100s] 2 Also, let up. Slacken, abate, as in Sales are letting down in this quarter, or They didn't let up in their efforts until the end. The first term dates from the mid-1800s, the variant from the late 1700s. 3 See let someone down. Also see let one's hair down. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to letdown comedown, setback, anticlimax, blow, balk, chagrin, disgruntlement, frustration, disillusionment, washout, bitter pill Medical definitions for letdown let-down [ lĕt′doun′ ] n. A physiologic reflex in lactating females, activated usually in response to sucking or crying by an infant, in which milk previously secreted into the alveoli of the breasts is released into the ducts that lead to the nipple. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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