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Associations of "Let down" (30 Words)
bottom | Provide with a bottom or a seat. He started at the bottom and now has his own business. |
curtail | Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent. Curtail drinking in school. |
debase | Corrupt debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. War debases people. |
declension | (in the grammar of Latin, Greek, and certain other languages) the variation of the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, by which its grammatical case, number, and gender are identified. This declension involves only two endings a nominative and an oblique. |
declivity | A downward slope or bend. A thickly wooded declivity. |
decrease | The amount by which something decreases. The rate of decrease became greater. |
demoralize | Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. The General Strike had demoralized the trade unions. |
descend | Move or fall downwards. She was descended from an old Italian noble family. |
descending | Moving or sloping downwards. A rocky descending path. |
descent | A movement downward. The settlers were of Cornish descent. |
diminution | A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something. A permanent diminution in value. |
dismay | Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised. They were dismayed by the U turn in policy. |
downgrade | The property possessed by a slope or surface that descends. Some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi skilled. |
downturn | A worsening of business or economic activity. A downturn in the housing market. |
downward | Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place. He was lying face downward. |
drop | Score a goal by a drop kick. Simple amethyst and diamond drops. |
fall | Fall or flow in a certain way. We must stand or fall. |
falling | Moving from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control. A falling market. |
flop | With a flopping sound. They hit the ground with a flop. |
low | In a low position near the ground. She pressed on bent low to protect her face. |
lower | Move something or somebody to a lower position. The sun sank lower. |
mandible | Either of the upper and lower parts of a bird’s beak. The drake is all black except for an orange mark on the upper mandible. |
reduction | The action of remedying a dislocation or fracture by returning the affected part of the body to its normal position. The reaction is limited to reduction to the hydrocarbon. |
rundown | (of a company or industry) in a poor economic state. He gave his teammates a rundown on the opposition. |
settle | Give money or property to someone through a deed of settlement or a will. After a few months the controversy settled down. |
shrinkage | The amount by which something shrinks. The material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage. |
sink | Cause a ship to sink. This pledge could sink the government. |
submergence | Sinking until covered completely with water. Total submergence of plants results in heavy crop losses. |
substrate | The substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment. Optical disk substrates. |
under | Under water. See under for further discussion. |