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come-down

come-down is the alternative form of comedown.

Meaning of comedown

Noun

comedown (plural comedowns)

  1. A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown.
    • He had two subjects of conversation, the shame and come-down of being a tramp, and the best way of getting a free meal.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXVIII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC
  2. (informal) A calm, mellow, or depressive period experienced after the (initial) high from taking drugs.

Forms of come-down

pluralcome-downs

Origin of come-down

A deverbal from come down.

Questions about come-down

What is come-down the alternative form of?
Come-down is the alternative form of comedown.

Words near come-down in the dictionary

  1. come-and-I'll-kiss-you
  2. come-around
  3. come-arounds
  4. come-at-able
  5. come-by
  6. come-down
  7. come-downs
  8. come-here
  9. come-heres
  10. come-hither
  11. come-hithers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: come-down (page history and authors); comedown (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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