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downhill
[ adverb adjective doun-hil; noun doun-hil ]
adverb
- into a worse or inferior condition:
The business has been going downhill.
adjective
- going or tending downward on or as on a hill.
- free of problems or obstacles; easy:
After the initial setbacks on the project, it was downhill all the way.
- of or relating to skiing downhill.
noun
- a timed ski race on a steep slope in which competitors take the most direct route to the finish line following a course with relatively few turns and attaining very high speeds.
downhill
/ ˈ岹ʊˈɪ /
adjective
- going or sloping down
adverb
- towards the bottom of a hill; downwards
- go downhill informal.to decline; deteriorate
noun
- the downward slope of a hill; descent
- a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
Example Sentences
From the flats of Pasadena, I drove uphill, into Altadena, with my heart going steadily downhill at each ashen block.
She said Owens was a "complete charmer" when they first met and started to date but things started to go downhill within a matter of weeks.
“You can’t let another team get started to their strengths,” Cronin said, “because you start a snowball rolling downhill, it picks up steam.”
James Anderson, 30, from Wrexham, is an elite downhill mountain biking racer and said the news was "amazing," and he "will definitely be going to watch".
“With these businesses and the people who are still living here, we’ve got to keep them alive and healthy and safe so the community doesn’t go downhill.”
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