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downhill
OXFORD DICTIONARY
downhill, adv., adj., & n.
--adv. in a descending direction, esp. towards the bottom of an incline.
--adj.
1 sloping down, descending.
2 declining; deteriorating.
--n.
1 Skiing a downhill race.
2 a downward slope.
3 a decline.
--adv. in a descending direction, esp. towards the bottom of an incline.
--adj.
1 sloping down, descending.
2 declining; deteriorating.
--n.
1 Skiing a downhill race.
2 a downward slope.
3 a decline.
Idiom
go downhill colloq. decline, deteriorate (in health, state of repair, moral state, etc.).
THESAURUS
downhill
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, uphillROGET THESAURUS
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Obliquity
N obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness, slopeness, leaning, bevel, tilt, bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch, distortion, bend, tower of Pisa, acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity, gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent, shelving beach, talus, monagne Russe, facilis descensus averni.Descent
N descent, descension, declension, declination, fall, falling, slump, drop, plunge, plummet, cadence, subsidence, collapse, lapse, downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch, cropper, culbute, titubation, stumble, fate of Icarus, avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide, declivity, dip, hill, rappel, descending, descendent, decurrent, decursive, labent, deciduous, nodding to its fall, downhill, downwards, the bottom fell out.For further exploring for "downhill" in Webster Dictionary Online