LET DOWN meaning: Failure to meet expectations, disappointment

We found 30 dictionaries that define the word let down:

General (19 matching dictionaries)

let down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
let down: Merriam-Webster
let down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
let down: Collins English Dictionary
let down: Vocabulary.com
Let-Down, let-down: Wordnik
let-down, let down: Wiktionary
let-down, let down: Dictionary.com
Let Down (Bif Naked song), Let Down (Dead By Sunrise song), Let Down (Dead by Sunrise song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
let down: Phrasal Verb Page
let down: FreeDictionary.org
let-down: ESL Idiom Page
let down: Mnemonic Dictionary
let-down, let down: TheFreeDictionary.com
let-down: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
Let Down (Radiohead song), Let Down: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
let down: Rhymezone

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

let down: Legal dictionary
let down: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

let down: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)

let down: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
let-down, let down: Medical dictionary
Hyperdictionary (No longer online)
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
Johnson Bwby (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

let down: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Let Down, let-down: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)

Let down: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (let down)

▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, down.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To allow to descend.
▸ verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
▸ verb:  (transitive, of clothing) To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To reduce one's level of effort.
▸ verb:  To soften in tempering.

Opposite:

let up, relax, ease up

Types:

disappointment, let down feeling, more...

Phrases:

let down gently, let down reflex, let your hair down, let hair down, let one's hair down, more...

Adjectives:

flat out, stay at home, red-faced, next level, cut down, frontside, caught stealing, every second, each way, up in the air, all the same

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