All bringdown synonyms

noun bringdown

• letdown — a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
• blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
• disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
• setback — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
• drag — drag and drop
• misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
• lemon — the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
• bummer — If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying.
• downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
• fiasco — a complete and ignominious failure.
• dud — a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.
• mishap — an unfortunate accident.
• miscalculation — An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
• blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
• mischance — a mishap or misfortune.
• impasse — a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
• calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
• fizzle — to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
• bust — a raid, search, or arrest by the police
• slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• inefficacy — lack of power or capacity to produce the desired effect.
• discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
• downer — Informal. a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate. a depressing experience, person, or situation.
• washout — a washing out of earth, gravel, etc., by water, as from an embankment or a roadway by heavy rain or by a flash flood.
• bitter pill — a distressing experience or result that is hard to accept (often in the expression a bitter pill to swallow): Being passed over for promotion was a bitter pill to swallow.
• blind alley — If you describe a situation as a blind alley, you mean that progress is not possible or that the situation can have no useful results.
• false alarm — a false report of a fire in progress to a fire department.
• faux pas — a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
• flash in the pan — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.