come·down (k?m?doun?)n.1. A decline to a lower status or level.2. a. A feeling of disappointment or depression.b. A cause of disappointment or depression.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.comedown (?k?m?da?n) n1. a decline in position, status, or prosperity2. informal a disappointment3. slang a depressed or unexcited statevb (intr, adverb) 4. to come to a place regarded as lower5. to lose status, wealth, etc (esp in the phrase to come down in the world)6. to reach a decision: the report came down in favour of a pay increase. 7. (often foll by to) to be handed down or acquired by tradition or inheritance8. (Education) Brit to leave college or university9. (foll by with) to succumb (to illness or disease)10. (foll by on) to rebuke or criticize harshly11. (foll by to) to amount in essence (to): it comes down to two choices. 12. (Recreational Drugs) slang to lose the effects of a drug and return to a normal or more normal state13. (Physical Geography) informal Austral (of a river) to flow in floodCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014come?down (?k?m?da?n) n. an unexpected or humiliating descent from dignity, importance, or wealth. [1555?65] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.