English Explanatory Dictionary

let down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To allow to descend.
To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.
To reduce one's level of effort.
To soften in tempering.
To thin; to reduce the thickness or viscosity of.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, down.

Pronunciation

En-au-let down.ogg

Word forms

let down lets down letting down

Synonyms

cross up dingo sell out stab in the back assfuck betray burn cop out cross out double-cross do someone dirty do the dirty on false go back on knife let down play someone false quisle renegade sell sell the pass sell down the river sell down swike traitorize turncoat

Antonyms

come through keep faith abide by hold on go to the wall for someone stand by stick by stick with take in

Derived words

let-down letdown let one's hair down let someone down gently

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