Thesaurus / de-scending
FEEDBACK- as indownward
- as infalling
- as indescending
- as indown
- as inlapse
- as inlower
- as inpitch
- as inplummet
- as inplunge
- as inrot
- as inset
- as insettle
- as insink
- as insink
- as inslant
- as inslope
- as inspring
- as instep
- as instoop
- as instoop
- as insubmerge
- as insubside
- as intumble
- as inworsen
- as incascade
- as inglissade
- as insubmerse
- as income down
- as incondescend
- as indegenerate
- as indemean
- as inderive from
- as indescend
- as indescend
- as indescend
- as indeteriorate
- as indisintegrate
- as indismount
- as indrop
- as indrop
- as inalight
- as inget down
- as inget off
- as inglide
- as ingo down
- as ingravitate
synonyms for de-scending
synonyms for de-scending
- collapsing
- decreasing
- descending
- lowering
- plunging
- sliding
- tumbling
- weakening
- abating
- crumbling
- declining
- diminishing
- ebbing
- settling
- sinking
- slipping
- subsiding
- tottering
- downward
- cascading
- declining
- depressed
- descending
- downgrade
- downhill
- dropping
- falling
- inferior
- precipitating
- sagging
- sinking
- sliding
- slipping
- slumping
- bottomward
- earthward
- gravitating
- groundward
- nether
- subjacent
- to the bottom
- under
- underneath
- cease
- degenerate
- descend
- deteriorate
- elapse
- expire
- go by
- recede
- relapse
- run out
- subside
- terminate
- apostatize
- backslide
- decline
- die
- end
- pass
- recidivate
- retrograde
- return
- revert
- slide
- slip
- weaken
- become obsolete
- depress
- drop
- reduce
- sink
- couch
- descend
- droop
- ground
- submerge
- bring low
- cast down
- demit
- detrude
- let down
- make lower
- push down
- set down
- take down
- drop
- go down
- ascend
- bend
- careen
- descend
- dip
- fall
- flounder
- heave
- lean
- lunge
- lurch
- plunge
- rise
- rock
- seesaw
- slope
- slump
- stagger
- tilt
- topple
- toss
- tumble
- vault
- wallow
- welter
- yaw
- collapse
- crash
- decline
- decrease
- descend
- dip
- dive
- drop
- drop down
- fall
- nose-dive
- plunge
- sink
- skid
- tumble
- downturn
- dump
- precipitate
- stoop
- swoop
- descend
- dip
- drive
- drop
- go down
- hurtle
- jump
- nose-dive
- plummet
- sink
- throw
- tumble
- career
- cast
- charge
- dash
- duck
- fling
- immerse
- keel
- lunge
- lurch
- pitch
- plunk
- propel
- rush
- sound
- submerge
- submerse
- swoop
- tear
- thrust
- topple
- go the limit
- go whole hog
- immerge
- shoot the works
- take a flyer
- take a header
- throw oneself
- break down
- crumble
- decay
- decompose
- disintegrate
- languish
- molder
- perish
- spoil
- stain
- warp
- wither
- corrupt
- debase
- debauch
- decline
- degenerate
- demoralize
- deprave
- descend
- fester
- pervert
- putrefy
- retrograde
- sink
- taint
- turn
- worsen
- disimprove
- go bad
- go downhill
- go to pot
- waste away
- land
- put
- sit
- alight
- decline
- descend
- flop
- immerse
- lay
- light
- lodge
- perch
- place
- plop
- plunge
- repose
- roost
- seat
- sink
- submerge
- submerse
- subside
- bed down
- set down
- settle down
- touch down
- capsize
- decline
- descend
- dig
- dip
- disappear
- drill
- drive
- drop
- drown
- fall
- go down
- lower
- overturn
- plummet
- plunge
- ram
- sag
- settle
- slump
- stick
- submerge
- wreck
- bore
- depress
- droop
- ebb
- engulf
- excavate
- flounder
- founder
- immerse
- overwhelm
- regress
- scuttle
- set
- shipwreck
- slope
- stab
- stoop
- subside
- swamp
- thrust
- bring down
- cast down
- cave in
- force down
- go to the bottom
- let down
- put down
- tip over
- touch bottom
- decline
- decrease
- depreciate
- descend
- die
- dwindle
- fade
- fail
- weaken
- decay
- degenerate
- diminish
- disintegrate
- flag
- lessen
- retrograde
- rot
- spoil
- waste
- worsen
- disimprove
- go downhill
- skew
- tilt
- aim
- bank
- beam
- bend
- bevel
- cant
- decline
- descend
- deviate
- diverge
- grade
- heel
- incline
- lean
- level
- list
- point
- splay
- swerve
- tip
- train
- veer
- lie obliquely
- angle
- ascend
- bank
- bevel
- cant
- descend
- dip
- drop
- fall
- heel
- incline
- lean
- list
- pitch
- rake
- recline
- rise
- shelve
- skew
- splay
- tip
- drop away
- appear
- arise
- arrive
- begin
- birth
- burgeon
- come
- commence
- derive
- descend
- develop
- emanate
- flow
- grow
- hatch
- head
- issue
- loom
- mushroom
- proceed
- rise
- start
- stem
- be derived
- be descended
- come into being
- come into existence
- come out
- shoot up
- upspring
- dance
- go down
- skip
- stride
- tiptoe
- tread
- walk
- advance
- ambulate
- ascend
- descend
- hoof it
- mince
- pace
- prance
- traipse
- trip
- troop
- go backward
- go forward
- go up
- move backward
- move forward
- crouch
- hunch
- squat
- bend
- bow
- cringe
- descend
- dip
- duck
- incline
- kneel
- lean
- relax
- sink
- slant
- be bowed
- be servile
- deign
- accommodate
- concede
- descend
- favor
- oblige
- patronize
- relax
- resort
- sink
- thaw
- unbend
- vouchsafe
- act beneath oneself
- debase oneself
- demean oneself
- deluge
- douse
- drench
- drown
- engulf
- flood
- immerse
- inundate
- overflow
- overwhelm
- sink
- subside
- swamp
- descend
- dip
- duck
- impregnate
- plunge
- sound
- souse
- submerse
- whelm
- go down
- go under
- abate
- descend
- diminish
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ebb
- melt
- peter out
- recede
- slacken
- wane
- collapse
- decline
- de-escalate
- drop
- fall
- lower
- lull
- moderate
- quieten
- settle
- sink
- taper
- cave in
- die away
- let up
- level off
- descend
- dip
- drop
- flop
- go down
- nose-dive
- plummet
- plunge
- sag
- skid
- slip
- slump
- spill
- stumble
- topple
- disarrange
- disarray
- disorder
- disturb
- down
- flatten
- floor
- jumble
- keel
- level
- pitch
- roll
- toss
- trip
- unsettle
- upset
- bowl down
- bring down
- do a pratfall
- fall headlong
- go belly up
- hit the dirt
- keel over
- knock down
- knock over
- lose footing
- lose it
- mess up
- take a header
- tip over
- aggravate
- damage
- decline
- depress
- deteriorate
- exacerbate
- get worse
- impair
- lower
- corrode
- degenerate
- descend
- disintegrate
- retrograde
- retrogress
- rot
- sink
- fall off
- go downhill
- descend
- gush
- overflow
- pour
- spew
- spill
- tumble
- disgorge
- flood
- heave
- pitch
- plunge
- surge
- vomit
- spit up
- throw up
- coast
- decline
- descend
- drift
- flit
- float
- flow
- fly
- lapse
- roll
- run
- sail
- scud
- shoot
- skate
- skim
- skip
- slide
- slink
- slip
- slither
- soar
- spiral
- stream
- trip
- waft
- wing
- skirr
- smooth along
- bore
- capsize
- couch
- decline
- depress
- descend
- dig
- dip
- disappear
- drill
- drive
- droop
- drop
- drown
- ebb
- engulf
- excavate
- fall
- flounder
- founder
- immerse
- lay
- lower
- overturn
- overwhelm
- plummet
- plunge
- ram
- regress
- run
- sag
- scuttle
- set
- settle
- shipwreck
- slope
- slump
- stab
- stick
- stoop
- submerge
- subside
- swamp
- thrust
- wreck
- bring down
- cast down
- cave in
- demit
- force down
- go down
- go to the bottom
- let down
- put down
- tip over
- touch bottom
- accommodate
- accord
- acquiesce
- agree
- bend
- comply
- concede
- deign
- descend
- favor
- grant
- oblige
- submit
- unbend
- vouchsafe
- yield
- be courteous
- come down off high horse
- degrade oneself
- demean oneself
- high-hat
- lower oneself
- see fit
- talk down to
- toss a few crumbs
- descend
- disintegrate
- lapse
- lessen
- regress
- revert
- worsen
- backslide
- corrode
- corrupt
- decline
- decrease
- deprave
- retrogress
- return
- rot
- sink
- slip
- vitiate
- come apart at seams
- die on vine
- disimprove
- fall off
- go downhill
- go to pieces
- go to the dogs
- belittle
- debase
- degrade
- despise
- disparage
- abase
- contemn
- decry
- derogate
- descend
- detract
- lower
- pan
- scorn
- sink
- stoop
- bad-mouth
- bemean
- cast down
- cut down to size
- dis
- dump on
- knock down
- poor-mouth
- cascade
- collapse
- crash
- dip
- disembark
- dive
- go down
- penetrate
- plummet
- plunge
- settle
- sink
- slide
- slip
- stumble
- subside
- swoop
- trickle
- tumble
- coast
- crouch
- decline
- deplane
- detrain
- dismount
- dribble
- drop
- fall
- gravitate
- ground
- incline
- light
- pitch
- plop
- prolapse
- set
- slant
- slope
- slump
- stoop
- submerge
- toboggan
- topple
- trip
- weep
- cataract
- cave in
- fall prostrate
- get down
- get off
- lose balance
- slough off
- crumble
- decline
- degrade
- depreciate
- disintegrate
- ebb
- fade
- fail
- fall apart
- languish
- lessen
- lower
- regress
- sink
- slide
- undermine
- weaken
- worsen
- adulterate
- alloy
- break
- corrode
- corrupt
- debase
- debilitate
- decompose
- deprave
- descend
- flag
- impair
- injure
- lapse
- mar
- pervert
- retrograde
- retrogress
- rot
- skid
- spoil
- vitiate
- become worse
- be worse for wear
- disimprove
- go downhill
- go to pieces
- go to pot
- go to the dogs
- hit the skids
- lose it
- lose quality
- wear away
- break down
- break up
- come apart
- crumble
- decay
- decompose
- degenerate
- descend
- disband
- dismantle
- rot
- sever
- shatter
- sink
- splinter
- wash out
- wither
- atomize
- decline
- deliquesce
- detach
- dilapidate
- disconnect
- disorganize
- disperse
- disunite
- divide
- molder
- pulverize
- putrefy
- separate
- spoil
- taint
- turn
- worsen
- break apart
- disimprove
- fade away
- fall to pieces
- take apart
- turn to dust
- wash away
- bead
- bleed
- distill
- drain
- dribble
- drip
- emanate
- hail
- leak
- ooze
- percolate
- precipitate
- seep
- snow
- splash
- trickle
- abandon
- collapse
- decline
- dive
- dump
- fell
- give up
- go down
- knock
- lower
- plummet
- plunge
- release
- shed
- shoot
- sink
- slide
- slip
- slump
- tumble
- depress
- descend
- duck
- floor
- flop
- ground
- loosen
- pitch
- plump
- relinquish
- topple
- unload
- bring down
- cave in
- keel over
- nose-dive
- alight
- blow
- disembark
- escape
- exit
- pull out
- quit
- descend
- dismount
- go
- go away
- leave
- light
- retire
- withdraw
- descend
- drift
- flit
- float
- fly
- sail
- skate
- skim
- skip
- slide
- slip
- slither
- soar
- spiral
- waft
- coast
- decline
- flow
- glissade
- roll
- run
- scud
- shoot
- slink
- stream
- trip
- wing
- skirr
- smooth along
- collapse
- crumple
- decline
- decrease
- descend
- drop
- pitch
- plunge
- reduce
- sink
- slump
- tumble
- be beaten
- be defeated
- cave in
- droop
- fold
- founder
- go under
- keel
- lessen
- make less
- sag
- set
- submerge
- submerse
- submit
- succumb
- suffer defeat
- topple
- drift
- incline
- lean
- tend
- approach
- descend
- drop
- move
- precipitate
- settle
- sink
- be attracted
- be influenced
- be pulled
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