setdown

See also: set down

English

Etymology

set +‎ down

Noun

setdown (plural setdowns)

1. The humbling of a person by act or words.
2. A retort or a reproof that has a humbling effect.

Synonyms

• (humbling retort): put-down

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “setdown”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• down-set, downest, downset