coming down
Moving toward ground
Coming down describes movement from higher to lower—physically, as in descending stairs, or figuratively, as when prices or temperatures drop.
In drug slang, coming down means experiencing the fading effects of a high: I was coming down from the ecstasy and feeling wiped out.
To come down with something is to catch an illness.
To come down on someone is to criticize or punish them harshly.
- comedownHumiliating loss of status
- descendMove to lower position
- detoxSubstance removal process
- fallingMoving downward freely
- soberingPrompting serious reflection
sugar crash · decline · rough patch · plummet · withdrawal · drop · hard landing · diminishment · rebuke · high horse · landing · sink · lowering · waning · grounding · stairs · rain · mountain
- downpoursdownpour, torrential rain, heavy rain, pouring rain, cloudburst
- addictionaddiction, drug addiction, substance abuse, drug dependence, substance dependency
- drunkennessdrunk, tipsy, buzzed, intoxicated, inebriated
- intoxication stateshigh, stoned, drunk, intoxicated, buzzed
coming downgoing up
Moving in upward direction
ascending · rising · coming up · climbing · lifting off
coming downgetting high
Becoming intoxicated by drugs
coming up · peaking · tripping · rolling · getting off
down, come, coming, downtown, upcoming, downward, downs, comes, download