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

Multiple suppliers ensure different technologies, different supply chains, different software architectures and different failure modes, meaning no single point of attack can bring down the entire architecture. — Charles Beames, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Doherty said Emi will struggle with guilt after helping bring down her father, believing that his arrest left him vulnerable to his killer. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

The Dow sank by 1,153 points and the 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest level since 2007 as investors worried the Fed was not acting quickly enough to bring down stubborn inflation. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

Monetary policy, tightening the money supply, and, to use an old-fashioned term, tightening credit conditions would certainly help in the short run to bring down inflationary expectations. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026