All comedown synonyms

noun comedown

• undoing — the reversing of what has been done; annulling.
• humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
• downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
• setback — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
• down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
• blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
• descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
• wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• anticlimax — You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
• demotion — to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.
• crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
• collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
• dive — to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
• flop — to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
• disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• pratfall — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
• cropper — a person who cultivates or harvests a crop
• deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
• letdown — a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
• disillusionment — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
• reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
• downer — Informal. a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate. a depressing experience, person, or situation.