downhill

Plural: downhills

Noun

• the downward slope of a hill
• a ski race down a trail
• The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
• A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.

Adjective Satellite

• sloping down rather steeply

Adverb

• toward a lower or inferior state
  • "your performance has been going downhill for a long time now"
• toward the bottom of a hill
  • "running downhill, he gained a lot of speed"

Adv

• Down a slope.
• So as to deteriorate or get worse.

Adj

• Located towards or at the bottom of a slope or hill.
• Going down a slope or a hill.
• Easy.

Verb

• To take part in downhill skiing.

Examples

• "After Don made those tasteless remarks, our relationship with him went downhill."
• "Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there."
• "Moraines are found at the downhill end of a glacier."
• "That's the hard part of the job done. From now on it's downhill all the way."
• "This year's race is on a downhill course."

Synonyms

declivitous, downslope, downward-sloping

Antonyms

uphill

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