| anticlimax |
a disappointing period of descent or decline in contrast to a previous rise. [1/3 definitions] |
| autumnal |
beyond middle age; in the first stages of decline. [1/2 definitions] |
| bearish |
of or pertaining to a real or expected decline in the stock market or in the economy. [1/2 definitions] |
| come back |
to return to success or prominence after a decline. [1/5 definitions] |
| comedown |
a humiliating decline or descent from a former status. [1/2 definitions] |
| crash1 |
to decline suddenly or fall, as a financial market or currency. [1/17 definitions] |
| Dark Ages |
the Middle Ages, esp. from about 476 A.D. to the end of the tenth century, so called because of intellectual, cultural, and social decline and stagnation. |
| decadence |
a decline into immorality; loss of moral values. [2/3 definitions] |
| decay |
in physics, to decline in radioactivity. [3/8 definitions] |
| declination |
a worsening or decline. [1/5 definitions] |
| degenerate |
to decline from an original or former condition; change for the worse in nature or quality; deteriorate. [2/6 definitions] |
| degeneration |
the process of decline or decay. [2/4 definitions] |
| depreciation |
a decline in a currency's purchasing power. [1/4 definitions] |
| deteriorate |
to decline or become inferior in value or quality; debase. [1/4 definitions] |
| disinflation |
a decline of prices in general from an inflated to a more normal level. [1/2 definitions] |
| down1 |
a descent; decline. [1/21 definitions] |
| downfall |
a drastic decline in status, wealth, or the like; ruin. [1/3 definitions] |
| downturn |
a turn or tendency downward, as in business or the economy; decline. |
| drop |
a decline or falling-off. [1/17 definitions] |
| drop-off |
a marked decline or decrease. [1/2 definitions] |
| ebb |
the act or condition of decline or regression, as from a high state to a low one. [2/4 definitions] |