letdown

Definition of Letdown in English :

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Noun

1. disappointment, letdown

a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

Example Sentences:
'his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment'

disappointment

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Letdown

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noun

1.

a disappointment

The flat was really very nice, but compared with what we'd been used to, it was a terrible letdown.

The sense of letdown today is all the greater because in the past doctors have been over-confident about these treatments.

2. aeronautics

the gliding descent of an aircraft in preparation for landing

3. veterinary science

the release of milk from the mammary glands following stimulation by the hormone oxytocin

Letdown

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noun

1.

a slowing up or feeling of dejection, as after great excitement, effort, etc.

2.

the gliding descent of an airplane as it prepares to land

3.

a disappointment or disillusionment

Letdown

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n.

1. A decrease, decline, or relaxation, as of effort or energy.

2. A disappointment: The cancellation of the game was a real letdown.

3. The descent made by an aircraft in order to land.

4. A physiological response in lactating females, activated usually in response to sucking or crying by an infant, in which milk previously secreted into the alveoli of the breasts is released into the ducts that lead to the nipple.

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