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letdown

The word “letdown” has 2 syllables: let-down

It's pronounced as /ˈlɛt.daʊn/

What is synonym and antonym for letdown?

In the thesaurus, “letdown” has 58 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for letdown along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for letdown

  • anticlimax
  • blues
  • bringdown
  • bummer
  • chagrin
  • cheat
  • crestfallenness
  • deceive
  • dejectedness
  • dejection
  • delude
  • depression
  • desolateness
  • desolation
  • despondency
  • disappoint
  • disappointment
  • discomfiture
  • disconsolateness
  • discontent
  • discontentedness
  • discontentment
  • disenchant
  • disenchantment
  • disgruntle
  • disgruntlement
  • disillusion
  • disillusionment
  • dismay
  • displease
  • displeasure
  • dissatisfaction
  • dissatisfy
  • distress
  • doldrums
  • dolefulness
  • dolor
  • downheartedness
  • dreariness
  • dumps
  • fail
  • failure
  • fiasco
  • fizzle
  • frustration
  • gloom
  • gloominess
  • joylessness
  • lemon
  • loser
  • melancholy
  • mock
  • mopes
  • oppression
  • sadness
  • sorrow
  • unhappiness
  • upset

Antonyms for letdown

Meanings of letdown

  • noun
    1. A disappointment or anticlimax.
    2. The neurohormonal release of milk in dairy cows or in breastfeeding human mothers.

Example Sentences

  • The movie was a huge letdown after all the hype.
  • Missing the concert felt like a real letdown.
  • His performance at the tournament was a letdown for the team.
  • The meal at the new restaurant turned out to be a letdown.
  • She tried to hide her letdown when her plan didn’t work.

On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to letdown, such as: anticlimax, bliss, blues, bringdown, bummer, chagrin, cheat.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

sadness

  • agony
  • anguish
  • blahs
  • bleakness
  • blue devils
  • blue funk
  • blues
  • boredom
  • broken heart
  • bummer
  • cheerlessness
  • dejection
  • depression
  • desolation
  • despair
  • desperation
  • despond
  • despondence
  • despondency
  • disconsolateness
  • discouragement
  • disheartenment
  • dismalness
  • dismals
  • dispiritedness
  • distress
  • doldrums
  • dolefulness
  • dolor
  • downcastness
  • downer
  • downheartedness
  • drear
  • dreariness
  • dumps
  • dysphoria
  • ennui
  • forlornness
  • funk
  • gloom
  • gloominess
  • glumness
  • grief
  • grieving
  • heartache
  • heartbreak
  • heartsickness
  • heavy heart
  • hopelessness
  • joylessness
  • letdown
  • listlessness
  • melancholia
  • melancholy
  • miserableness
  • misery
  • moodiness
  • mopes
  • morbidness
  • moroseness
  • morosity
  • mournfulness
  • mourning
  • oppression
  • pain
  • poignancy
  • regret
  • rue
  • self-despair
  • self-pity
  • somberness
  • sorrow
  • sorrowfulness
  • tedium
  • the blues
  • the dumps
  • tribulation
  • unhappiness
  • woe
  • woefulness
  • wretchedness

abortiveness

bafflement

  • abashment
  • ado
  • adverse fate
  • adversity
  • aggravation
  • agitation
  • annoyance
  • anxiety
  • bamboozlement
  • befuddlement
  • bemusement
  • bewilderedness
  • bewilderment
  • blow
  • bother
  • care
  • chagrin
  • charge
  • commotion
  • complication
  • confusedness
  • confusion
  • crisis
  • daze
  • defeat
  • depression
  • despondency
  • discombobulation
  • discomfiture
  • discomfort
  • disconcertment
  • discontent
  • discouragement
  • disenchantment
  • disgruntlement
  • disillusion
  • disillusionment
  • dismay
  • disorientation
  • disquiet
  • dissatisfaction
  • distraction
  • distress
  • disturbance
  • dither
  • embarrassment
  • emergency
  • exigency
  • failure
  • flurry
  • fluster
  • fog
  • frustration
  • fuss
  • grievance
  • hangup
  • harassment
  • head-scratching
  • imbroglio
  • inconvenience
  • irritation
  • jam
  • lack of success
  • letdown
  • maze
  • mess
  • millstone
  • misery
  • mortification
  • muddle
  • mystification
  • nonsuccess
  • obfuscation
  • oppression
  • perplexity
  • perturbation
  • pickle
  • pinch
  • predicament
  • pressure
  • puzzle
  • puzzlement
  • quandary
  • ramification
  • regret
  • responsibility
  • scrape
  • setback
  • stew
  • strain
  • strait
  • stress
  • strife
  • struggle
  • stupefaction
  • stupor
  • surprise
  • tangle
  • the knocks
  • to-do
  • trouble
  • turmoil
  • unfulfillment
  • upset
  • vicissitude
  • weight
  • whirl
  • worry

failure

ill

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