bring-down

1. n. something that depresses someone. The news was a terrible bring-down.

2. n. something that brings someone back to reality. I have had one bring-down after another today.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Torsten	TOSH-ten (Swedish), TAWR-sten (German)	Swedish, Danish, German
Kathie	KATH-ee	English
Aretas	-	Biblical
Coty	-	English (Modern)
Agim	-	Albanian
Tifawt	-	Northern African, Berber