| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deterioration |
Synonyms: |
abasement, anticlimax, cadence, comedown, debasement, decadence, decline, degradation, discomfiture, down, downcome, downfall, lapse, pathos, slump |
Antonyms: |
improvement, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
deciduous, declivous, decurrent, decursive, defluous, demersal, descendent, descending, downgyred, labent, nodding to its fall, stillatitious
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| Concept: | [Motion downwards] Descent. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
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.
-verbs
descend; go down, drop down, come down; fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, settle; plunge, plummet, crash; decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg; slump., dismount, alight, light, get down; swoop; stoop; fall prostrate, precipitate oneself; let fall., tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down; tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.
-adjectives
descending; descendent; decurrent, decursive; labent, deciduous; nodding to its fall.
-adverbs
downhill, downwards.
-phrases
the bottom fell out.
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Antonyms: |
ascent |
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