declined
Went downhill gradually
Declined is the past tense of decline, covering all its senses.
Something that declined went downward or diminished: Sales declined sharply in the fourth quarter.
To have declined an offer or invitation is to have refused it politely: She declined to comment.
In grammar, a noun or adjective that declined was inflected for case, number, or gender.
Let fall downward
- fellTo chop down
- reducedMade less in amount
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- lessenedMade or became smaller
dwindled · shrank · contracted · lowered · subsided · abated · tapered · slipped
Declined in quality
- degradedReduced in rank or quality
- weakenedMade less capable
- fadedLost original color
- wanedDecreased gradually
ebbed · slipped · faltered · flagged · languished · withered · atrophied · degenerated
Refused or turned away
- turned downRefused or rejected
- passed onDied or transferred
- regrettedFelt sorrow over past
- begged offSought release from obligation
excused · demurred · opted out · abstained · bowed out · raincheck · unavailable · prior commitment
Flaw in one's nature
- ailingIn poor health
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- deterioratingBecoming progressively worse
- worseningBecoming more severe
fading · sickly · frail · infirm · debilitated · bedridden · going downhill · terminal
Moved downward
- dropped awayLost position gradually
- fell awayDeparted gradually
- gradientRate of change across space
- inclineAngled rising surface
declivity · downgrade · downhill · pitched · tilted · slanted
Given grammatical endings
- inflectedModified for grammar
- LatinAncient Roman language
- genitiveCase expressing ownership
- dativeCase showing indirect object
accusative · ablative · nominative · vocative · morphology · paradigm · inflection
dropped
Let fall downward
- fellTo chop down
- reducedMade less in amount
- diminishedMade or became smaller
lessened · dwindled · shrank · contracted · lowered · subsided · abated · tapered · slipped · slid
worsened
Declined in quality
waned · ebbed · slipped · faltered · flagged · languished · withered · atrophied · degenerated · crumbled
rejected
Refused or turned away
- turned downRefused or rejected
- passed onDied or transferred
- regrettedFelt sorrow over past
begged off · excused · demurred · opted out · abstained · bowed out · raincheck · unavailable · prior commitment · otherwise engaged
failing
Flaw in one's nature
- ailingIn poor health
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- deterioratingBecoming progressively worse
worsening · fading · sickly · frail · infirm · debilitated · bedridden · going downhill · terminal · palliative
descended
Moved downward
- dropped awayLost position gradually
- fell awayDeparted gradually
- gradientRate of change across space
incline · declivity · downgrade · downhill · pitched · tilted · slanted
conjugated
Given grammatical endings
dative · accusative · ablative · nominative · vocative · morphology · paradigm · inflection
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
- selection statusselected, unselected, chosen, unchosen, picked
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- rejectedrejected, spurned, rebuffed, snubbed, refused
- rejection wordsrejected, rebuffed, spurned, snubbed, refused
- turned downrefused, rejected, nixed, vetoed, spurned
declinedaccepted
Formally agreed to
agreed · consented · acquiesced · assented · said yes
declinedincreased
Grew larger in amount
rose · grew · appreciated · climbed · surged
declinedimproved
Made superior to before
recovered · strengthened · flourished · thrived · rallied
- in declineGradually getting worse
- decline and fallGradual loss then collapse
- on the decline
- moral declineErosion of ethical standards
- gradual declineSlow downward trend
- mental decline