downslide
Slow deteriorating trend
A downslide is a decline or deterioration, typically gradual: The company's downslide began when they lost their biggest client.
The word emphasizes downward momentum—once started, a downslide tends to continue.
Less common than downturn or decline, it carries a slightly more vivid, physical sense of sliding toward worse conditions.
Decrease or refuse
- fallDescend under gravity
- dropFall or release
- dipBrief immersion or condiment
- slipMinor error or misstep
plunge · tumble · descent · deterioration · worsening · degradation · weakening · ebb
Prolonged economic decline
- depressionProlonged low state
- contractionReduction in size
- slowdownReduction in pace
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
unemployment · layoffs · bankruptcy · austerity · deflation · insolvency · crisis · trough
decline
Decrease or refuse
slip · plunge · tumble · descent · deterioration · worsening · degradation · weakening · ebb · wane
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- depressionProlonged low state
- contractionReduction in size
- slowdownReduction in pace
stagnation · unemployment · layoffs · bankruptcy · austerity · deflation · insolvency · crisis · trough · correction