Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun letting_down

1 sense of letting down

Sense 1
lowering, letting down -- (the act of causing something to move to a lower level)
       => movement -- (the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb let_down

2 senses of let down

Sense 1
lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down -- (move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf")
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")

Sense 2
disappoint, let down -- (fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage")
       => thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk -- (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent")