declivitous, downhill, downward-sloping
(adjective) sloping down rather steeply
downhill
(adverb) toward the bottom of a hill; “running downhill, he gained a lot of speed”
downhill
(adverb) toward a lower or inferior state; “your performance has been going downhill for a long time now”
downhill
(noun) a ski race down a trail
downhill
(noun) the downward slope of a hill
Source: WordNet® 3.1
downhill (comparative more downhill, superlative most downhill)
Down a slope.
• uphill
downhill (comparative further downhill, superlative furthest downhill)
Located down a slope or hill.
Going down a slope or a hill.
(by extension) Easy.
(by extension) Deteriorating, getting worse.
• "Easy" sense: comparative and superlative are usually made with more and most.
• "Deteriorating" sense: often used with the verb "go".
• uphill
downhill (countable and uncountable, plural downhills)
(uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
(countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.
downhill (third-person singular simple present downhills, present participle downhilling, simple past and past participle downhilled)
To take part in downhill skiing.
Source: Wiktionary
Down"hill`, adv.
Definition: Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.
Down"hill`, a.
Definition: Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." Congrewe.
Down"hill`, n.
Definition: Declivity; descent; slope. On th' icy downhills of this slippery life. Du Bartas (Trans. ).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 May 2025
(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
