Synonyms of bringdown

bringdown 1 of 2

noun

ˈbriŋ-ˌdau̇n 

as in disappointment

something that disappoints

meeting one's literary hero is usually a bad idea—almost inevitably it's a bringdown

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disappointment
• letdown
• loser
• failure
• fiasco
• lemon
• bummer
• fizzle
• anticlimax

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• success
• relief
• winner

bring down

2 of 2

verb

as in to shoot down

Related Words

• shoot down
• blow away
• pick off
• fire (at)
• gun
• drill
• pepper
• blast (at)
• pop
• plug
• snipe (at)
• shoot
• drop
• blaze
• wipe out
• fell
• blot out
• destroy
• potshot
• machine-gun
• kill
• do in
• slay
• shotgun
• slaughter
• ice
• pistol
• dispatch
• massacre
• butcher
• annihilate
• tommy-gun
• decimate
• croak

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bringdown

Verb

That challenges the earlier idea that Homo floresiensis organized and equipped themselves well enough to bring down something as large as a Stegodon. — ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026

Previous research has found these ultra-reflective clouds bounced more of the sun’s energy back into space and cooled the Pacific, contributing to a subsequent La Niña event, El Niño’s counterpart, which tends bring down global temperatures. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Ukraine has shown how old transport aircraft fitted with miniguns, and attack helicopters, can easily intercept and bring down slow-moving drones. — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

By extension, the firm argues SpaceX could eventually bring down the price of sending mass into space to $100 per kilogram. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 July 2026