downslide

[doun-slahyd]

noun

1. a decline or downward trend, as of prices.

Word History and Origins

Origin of downslide¹

First recorded in 1925–30; down ¹ + slide

Example Sentences

“We're going to see a downslide if they don't get the help and support they need because you're talking about defunding them, but you're not talking about what you're going to do with them.”

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The question I’ve been trying to sort through ever since I left the company in 2019 is whether the downslide is because of Skipper’s absence, the state of sports, the state of media, the state of politics, or some combination of all of them.

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Now, next year, you’ll be a mess, on the downslide,” Kimmel joked.

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I'm rarely an optimist, but I see the Age of Trump hitting the downslide.

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The population has also more recently struggled with Syria’s economic downslide, which has sent food prices soaring and residents thrown into poverty.

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Related Words

• deterioration