| VERB | motion | let down, lower, take down, get down, bring down | move something or somebody to a lower position |
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| emotion | let down, disappoint | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of |
| Meaning | Move something or somebody to a lower position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | lower, take down, get down, bring down | |
| Cause to | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Narrower | depress | lower (prices or markets) |
| dip | lower briefly | |
| incline | lower or bend (the head or upper body) , as in a nod or bow | |
| reef | lower and bring partially inboard | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Opposite | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up | Raise from a lower to a higher position |
| Spanish | arriar, bajarse, bajar | |
| Catalan | abaixar-se, abaixar, arriar, baixar, calar | |
| Meaning | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to let down Sue | |
| Synonym | disappoint | |
| Entailed by | dissatisfy | fail to satisfy |
| tease | To arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them | |
| Narrower | disenchant, disillusion | Free from enchantment |
| fail, betray | disappoint, prove undependable to | |
| fall short, come short | fail to meet (expectations or standards) | |
| Broader | thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of |
| Spanish | decepcionar, defraudar | |
| Catalan | decebre, defraudar | |
| Nouns | letdown | a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized |
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