comedown

See also: come down and come-down

English

come +‎ down, from the verb phrase.

comedown (plural comedowns)

A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown.
- 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 28, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], OCLC 2603818:
  He had two subjects of conversation, the shame and come-down of being a tramp, and the best way of getting a free meal.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:
  “So how are you getting on at UCL?” said Penny kindly, as if it must be a sorry comedown after Oxford.
A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs.

to lower status, condition or level

after a drug — see crash

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