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downhill

adjective adverb noun

sloping down rather steeply

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
D
Ends with
L
Contains
OW
Scrabble score
15
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. sloping down rather steeply

adverb

  1. toward the bottom of a hill

    “running downhill, he gained a lot of speed”

adverb

  1. toward a lower or inferior state

    “your performance has been going downhill for a long time now”

noun

  1. a ski race down a trail

noun

  1. the downward slope of a hill

In context

Example Sentences

running downhill, he gained a lot of speed
your performance has been going downhill for a long time now

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