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   comedown

   /ˈkʌmdaʊn/

   noun

   • 1. a loss of status or importance: "Patrol duty? Bit of a comedown for a sergeant" Similar loss of statusloss of facedowngradingmortificationhumiliationhumblingbelittlementloweringdemotionreductiondegradationdisgrace
   • 2. a feeling of disappointment or depression: "it's such a comedown after Christmas is over" Similar anticlimaxlet-downbathosdisappointmentdisillusionmentdeflationdeclinesetbackreversalinformal:washout
   • ▪ a lessening of the sensations generated by a narcotic drug as its effects wear off: "the drug is like speed, but without the comedown"

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