Synonyms of bringdown

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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

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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

His fearless call for free elections helped bring down communism in Hungary. — Julia R. Cartwright, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2026

The weight of the projectile and its travelling velocity would generate enough momentum to bring down big castle walls in a few shots. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

There are enough votes from those three confederations to bring down Infantino, but there is no guarantee that all members of these associations will vote in the same way. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

The rain didn’t bring down the mood for Sophia Jakubowski and Sydnee Erickson. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026