'letdown' definitions:
Definition of 'letdown'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment" [syn: disappointment, letdown]
Synonyms of 'letdown'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abasement,
- abatement,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- arrest,
- assuagement,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- betrayed hope,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- blunting,
- buffet,
- calming,
- check,
- comedown,
- cruel disappointment,
- damping,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- deadening,
- debasement,
- deceleration,
- defeat,
- deflation,
- delay,
- demulsion,
- descent,
- detention,
- diminution,
- disappointment,
- discomfiture,
- disgrace,
- disillusionment,
- dissatisfaction,
- drag,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- dump,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- easing,
- embarrassment,
- failure,
- fallen countenance,
- falling-off,
- fiasco,
- fizzle,
- flagging,
- foiling,
- forlorn hope,
- frustration,
- hangdog look,
- holdup,
- hope deferred,
- humbled pride,
- humiliation,
- hushing,
- lag,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letup,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lulling,
- minus acceleration,
- mirage,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- mortification,
- obstruction,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- put-down,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- remission,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-diminishment,
- setback,
- setdown,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowup,
- softening,
- soothing,
- sore disappointment,
- subduement,
- tantalization,
- tease,
- tempering,
- tranquilization