'let down' definitions:
Definition of 'let down'
(from WordNet)
verb
Move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf" [syn: lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down] [ant: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise]
verb
Fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" [syn: disappoint, let down]
Synonyms of 'let down'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- apostatize,
- arrest,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- baffle,
- baffled,
- balk,
- balked,
- bamboozle,
- bate,
- bear down,
- beguile,
- betray,
- betrayed,
- bilk,
- bilked,
- blasted,
- blighted,
- bluff,
- bolt,
- brake,
- break away,
- bring low,
- cajole,
- cast down,
- chapfallen,
- cheat on,
- check,
- circumvent,
- clip the wings,
- conjure,
- couch,
- crestfallen,
- cross,
- crossed,
- crushed,
- curb,
- dash,
- dashed,
- debase,
- deceive,
- decelerate,
- defeat,
- defeat expectation,
- defeated,
- defect,
- deflate,
- degenerate,
- delay,
- delude,
- demit,
- depress,
- desert,
- detain,
- deteriorate,
- detrude,
- diddle,
- disappoint,
- disappointed,
- disgrace,
- dished,
- disillusion,
- disillusioned,
- disimprove,
- dissatisfied,
- dissatisfy,
- double-cross,
- downbear,
- draw rein,
- droop,
- dupe,
- ease,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- embarrass,
- fall back,
- foil,
- foiled,
- forestall,
- frustrate,
- frustrated,
- gammon,
- get around,
- get worse,
- grow worse,
- gull,
- haul down,
- hoax,
- hocus-pocus,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- hornswaggle,
- humble,
- humbug,
- humiliate,
- ill done-by,
- ill-served,
- impede,
- indent,
- inform on,
- juggle,
- keep back,
- let up,
- let up on,
- loose,
- loosen,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- lower,
- mitigate,
- mock,
- moderate,
- mortify,
- obstruct,
- out of countenance,
- outmaneuver,
- outreach,
- outsmart,
- outwit,
- overreach,
- pigeon,
- play one false,
- press down,
- pull down,
- pull out,
- push down,
- put out,
- put something over,
- put to shame,
- rat,
- reduce,
- reef,
- regress,
- regretful,
- rein in,
- relapse,
- relax,
- remit,
- retard,
- retrograde,
- retrogress,
- run out on,
- secede,
- sell out,
- set back,
- shame,
- sicken,
- sink,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slip back,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- snow,
- sorely disappointed,
- soured,
- stay,
- string along,
- take down,
- take in,
- take in sail,
- tantalize,
- tease,
- throttle down,
- thrust down,
- thwart,
- thwarted,
- trick,
- turn in,
- two-time,
- unbend,
- unbrace,
- unlax,
- unstrain,
- unstring,
- unwind,
- worsen
Words containing 'let down'
- -let,
- Let,
- Letted,
- Letting,
- To let be,
- To let down,
- To let in,
- To let into,
- To let off,
- To let on,
- To let out,
- To let up,
- let be,
- let in,
- let in on,
- let off,
- let on,
- let out,
- let up,
- letting down,
- Let-off,
- Let-up,
- To farm let,
- To let alone,
- To let blood,
- To let drive,
- To let fly,
- To let go,
- To let loose,
- To let run,
- To let slide,
- To let slip,
- To let to farm,
- let alone,
- let drive,
- let drop,
- let fly,
- let fly at,
- let go,
- let go of,
- let it go,
- let loose,
- let pass,
- let ride,
- let slide,
- let slip,
- letting go,
- Let bygones be bygones,
- Let-alone,
- Re-let,
- To let go by the run,
- To let the cat out of the bag,
- let the cat out of the bag,
- live and let live,
- The let-alone doctrine,
- The let-alone policy,
- The let-alone principle,
- let well enough alone