downhill

downhill
Synonyms and related words:
adown, aslant, aslantwise, aslope, at a slant, atilt, below, collapsing, deciduous, decline, declined, declining, declivate, declivitous, declivity, declivous, decurrent, descendant, descending, descent, dip, dipping, down, down south, down-reaching, downcoming, downfalling, downgate, downgoing, downgrade, downline, downright, downsinking, downstairs, downstream, downstreet, downtown, downward, downwards, downwith, drooping, drop, dropping, fall, falling, falling-off, hang, hanging, off plumb, on the descendant, on the downgrade, plummeting, plunging, rakingly, sagging, setting, sinking, slantingly, slantways, slantwise, slaunchways, slopeways, slopingly, submerging, subsiding, tipsily, tottering, tumbledown, upgrade, uphill

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  • Downhill — Down hill , adv. Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • downhill — downhill; downhill·er; …   English syllables

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  • downhill — index decline Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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