Down and Setback

Down

Down noun - A loss of status.

Usage example: experienced the ups and downs of a career in showbiz

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Setback and down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setback" instead a noun "Down".

Nearby Word: downed

Setback noun - A change in status for the worse usually temporarily.

Usage example: the colonists persevered despite suffering setbacks that would have discouraged lesser souls

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Down and setback are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down" instead a noun "Setback".

many	many down	many setback
true	true down	true setback
small	small down	small setback
severe	severe down	severe setback
Other adjectives: massive, little, bad, permanent.

This setback didn't stop Spidey from once again asking for his help in tracking down an alternate reality version of his Uncle Ben who was linked to a crime (long story).

Source: Recruiting the Criminal
Determinator: June refuses to let any setback, no matter how severe, keep her down for very long.

Source: Series / Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
However, despite that setback, Mike managed to pull through and sit the Dragons down for dinner on tables and step up his game as manager as the night progressed.

Source: Series / Kitchen Nightmares

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