comedown

See also: come down and come-down

English

Etymology

come +‎ down, from the verb phrase.

Alternative forms

• come-down

Noun

comedown (plural comedowns)

1. A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown
   • 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXVIII, [1]

     He had two subjects of conversation, the shame and come-down of being a tramp, and the best way of getting a free meal.

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 5,

     “So how are you getting on at UCL?” said Penny kindly, as if it must be a sorry comedown after Oxford.

2. A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs

Related terms

• degradation

Translations

to lower status, condition or level

• Danish: nedsættelse c, fald n

after a drug — see crash

See also

• crash
• mellowed out

Anagrams

• downcome