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downhill

adjective adverb noun

Sloping down rather steeply

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Word length
8
Starts with
D
Ends with
L
Contains
OW
Scrabble score
15

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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

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

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