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letdown
[let-doun] 
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letdown
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment |
| Synonyms: | anticlimax, balk, bitter pill, blow, chagrin, comedown, disgruntlement, disillusionment, frustration, setback, washout |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | bathos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
| Synonyms: | anticlimax, comedown, letdown, melodrama, mush, schmaltz |
| Notes: | bathos is an abrupt, unintended transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace while pathos is a quality that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow |
| Main Entry: | betrayal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exhibition of disloyalty |
| Synonyms: | Judas kiss, deception, dishonesty, double-crossing, double-dealing, duplicity, falseness, giveaway, let-down, perfidy, sellout, treachery, treason, trickery, unfaithfulness |
| Antonyms: | faithfulness, loyalty, protection, support |
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catastrophe |
| Synonyms: | affliction, balk, bolt from the blue, bombshell, calamity, casualty, chagrin, comedown, debacle, disappointment, disaster, disgruntlement, frustration, jolt, letdown, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, reverse, setback, shock, tragedy, upset |
| Antonyms: | good fortune, luck |
| Main Entry: | chagrin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | displeasure |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, balk, blow, crushing, discomfiture, discomposure, disgruntlement, dismay, disquiet, dissatisfaction, embarrassment, fretfulness, frustration, humiliation, ill-humor, irritation, letdown, mortification, peevishness, shame, spleen, upset, vexation |
| Antonyms: | delight, gladness, happiness, joy, pleasure, triumph |
| Main Entry: | disappointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental upset; displeasure |
| Synonyms: | adverse fate, adversity, bafflement, blow, chagrin, defeat, despondency, discontent, discouragement, disenchantment, disgruntlement, disillusion, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, distress, failure, frustration, lack of success, letdown, mortification, nonsuccess, regret, setback, the knocks, unfulfillment |
| Antonyms: | delight, encouragement, euphoria, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | disillusioned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointed |
| Synonyms: | blasé, broken, brought down to earth, debunked, disabused, disenchanted, disenthralled, disentranced, embittered, enlightened, freed, indifferent, knowing, let-down, mondaine, out of love, punctured, sadder and wiser, shattered, sophisticated, undeceived, worldly, worldly-wise |
| Antonyms: | enchanted, encouraged, enthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | dismay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointed feeling; distress |
| Synonyms: | agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, blue funk, blues, bummer, chagrin, cold feet, consternation, discouragement, disheartenment, disillusionment, downer, dread, dumps, fear, fright, funk, hassle, horror, letdown, panic, terror, the blahs, trepidation, upset |
| Antonyms: | assurance, confidence, encouragement, happiness |
| Main Entry: | doldrums |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
| Synonyms: | apathy, black mood, blahs, blue funk, blues, boredom, bummer, dejection, disinterest, dismals, downer, dullness, dumps, ennui, funk, gloom, inactivity, indifference, inertia, lassitude, letdown, listlessness, malaise, mopes, slump, stagnation, stupor, tedium, torpor, yawn |
| Antonyms: | elation, gladness, glee, happiness, joy |
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