downhill

English

Etymology

down- +‎ hill

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Adverb

downhill (comparative more downhill, superlative most downhill)

1. Down a slope

   Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there

Antonyms

• uphill

Derived terms

• go downhill

Translations

down a slope

• Bulgarian: надолу (bg) (nadolu)
• Finnish: alamäkeä, alamäkeen, alamäessä (fi), alas (fi), alhaalla (fi)

• German: bergab (de)
• Serbo-Croatian: nizbrdo (sh)

Adjective

downhill (comparative further downhill, superlative furthest downhill)

1. located down a slope or hill
2. going down a slope or a hill
3. (by extension) easy
4. (by extension) deteriorating, getting worse

   After Don made those tasteless remarks, our relationship with him went downhill.

Usage notes

• "easy" sense comparative and superlative is usually made with more and most
• "deteriorating" sense often used as "went downhill".

Antonyms

• uphill

Translations

located down a slope

• Bulgarian: долен (bg) (dolen)
• Finnish: alamäessä (fi), alhaalla (fi)

• Norwegian: i en skråning (no)
• Tamil: சரிவில் (ta)

going down a slope

• Bulgarian: нанадолен (bg) (nanadolen)
• Finnish: alamäkeen (fi), alas (fi)

• Norwegian: kjøre utfor (no)

easy — see easy

Noun

Wikipedia downhill (countable and uncountable; plural downhills)

1. (uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing
2. (countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing

Translations

discipline of alpine skiing

• Bulgarian: спускане (bg) (spuskane) n
• Dutch: afdaling (nl) f
• Estonian: kiirlaskumine
• Finnish: syöksylasku (fi)
• German: Abfahrt (de) f

• Italian: discesa libera (it) f
• Norwegian: utfor m
• Spanish: descenso (es) m, prueba de descenso (es) f
• Swedish: störtlopp (sv) n

alpine skiing — see alpine skiing