let down

• POS: Noun Phrase, Verb (transitive)

THESAURUS

let down

abate, apostatize, arrest, backpedal, backwater, baffle, baffled, balk, balked, bamboozle, bate, bear down, beguile, betray, betrayed, bilk, bilked, blasted, blighted, bluff, bolt, brake, break away, bring low, cajole, cast down, chapfallen, cheat on, check, circumvent, clip the wings, conjure, couch, crestfallen, cross, crossed, crushed, curb, dash, dashed, debase, deceive, decelerate, defeat, defeat expectation, defeated, defect, deflate, degenerate, delay, delude, demit, depress, desert, detain, deteriorate, detrude, diddle, disappoint, disappointed, disgrace, dished, disillusion, disillusioned, disimprove, dissatisfied, dissatisfy, double-cross, downbear, draw rein, droop, dupe, ease, ease off, ease up, embarrass, fall back, foil, foiled, forestall, frustrate, frustrated, gammon, get around, get worse, grow worse, gull, haul down, hoax, hocus-pocus, hold back, hold in check, hold up, hornswaggle, humble, humbug, humiliate, ill done-by, ill-served, impede, indent, inform on, juggle, keep back, let up, let up on, loose, loosen, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, lower, mitigate, mock, moderate, mortify, obstruct, out of countenance, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pigeon, play one false, press down, pull down, pull out, push down, put out, put something over, put to shame, rat, reduce, reef, regress, regretful, rein in, relapse, relax, remit, retard, retrograde, retrogress, run out on, secede, sell out, set back, shame, sicken, sink, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, slake, slip back, slow, slow down, slow up, snow, sorely disappointed, soured, stay, string along, take down, take in, take in sail, tantalize, tease, throttle down, thrust down, thwart, thwarted, trick, turn in, two-time, unbend, unbrace, unlax, unstrain, unstring, unwind, worsen

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let down

Humility

N humility, humbleness, meekness, lowness, lowliness, lowlihood, abasement, self-abasement, submission, resignation, condescension, affability, modesty, verecundity, blush, suffusion, confusion, sense of shame, sense of disgrace, humiliation, mortification, let down, set down, humble, lowly, meek, modest, humble minded, sober-minded, unoffended, submissive, servile, condescending, affable, humbled, bowed down, resigned, abashed, ashamed, dashed, out of countenance, down in the mouth, down on one's knees, down on one's marrowbones, down on one's uppers, humbled in the dust, browbeaten, chapfallen, crestfallen, dumfoundered, flabbergasted, shorn of one's glory, with downcast eyes, with bated breath, with bended knee, on all fours, on one's feet, under correction, with due deference, I am your obedient servant, I am your very humble servant, my service to you, da locum melioribus, parvum parva decent.

VB be humble, deign, vouchsafe, condescend, humble oneself, demean oneself, stoop, stoop to conquer, carry coals, submit, submit with a good grace, yield the palm, lower one's tone, lower one's note, sing small, draw in one's horns, sober down, hide one's face, hide one's diminished head, not dare to show one's face, take shame to oneself, not have a word to say for oneself, feel shame, be conscious of shame, feel disgrace, be conscious of disgrace, drink the cup of humiliation to the dregs, blush for, blush up to the eves, redden, change color, color up, hang one's head, look foolish, feel small, render humble, humble, humiliate, let down, set down, take down, tread down, frown down, snub, abash, abase, make one sing small, strike dumb, teach one his distance, put down, take down a peg, take down a peg lower, throw into the shade, cast into the shade, stare out of countenance, put out of countenance, put to the blush, confuse, ashame, mortify, disgrace, crush, send away with a flea in one's ear, get a setdown.

Depression

VB depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg, cast, let drop, let fall, sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate, overthrow, overturn, overset, upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell, cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down, raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground, trample in the dust, pull about one's ears, sit, sit down, couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow, courtesy, curtsy, bob, duck, dip, kneel, bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head, cower, recline.