"comedown" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-comedown.wav [US] Forms: comedowns [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from come down. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|come down}} Deverbal from come down Head templates: {{en-noun}} comedown (plural comedowns)
  1. A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown. Translations (to lower status, condition or level): nedsættelse [common-gender] (Danish), fald [neuter] (Danish), паде́ние (padénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-comedown-en-noun-Mj5OFHDz Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English deverbals: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'to lower status, condition or level': 97 3
  2. A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs.
    Sense id: en-comedown-en-noun-IozCJNA9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: come-down Related terms: crash, degradation, mellowed out

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