v01798936
| type | v |
| lex_filenum | 37 |
| def | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of |
| examples | Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage |
| Frame - 9 | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Frame - 10 | Something ----s somebody |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk |
| Derivationally related form | let down → letdown |
| Derivationally related form | disappoint → disappointment; disappoint → disappointment |
| Hyponym | fail, betray; fall short, come short; disenchant, disillusion |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | disappointment → disappoint; disappointment → disappoint |
| Derivationally related form | letdown → let down |
| Hypernym | fail, betray; fall short, come short; disenchant, disillusion |
| Entailment | tease; dissatisfy |
| Hyponym | thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk |
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