downward drift
Slow sinking tendency
Downward drift describes a gradual decline or decrease in value, status, or condition: The company experienced a downward drift in its stock price over the year.
- povertySevere lack of resources
- fallDescend under gravity
- dropFall or release
- free fallUnimpeded gravitational descent
- depressionProlonged low state
plunge · slippery slope · erosion · sag · unemployment · anxiety · deforestation · slide · going downhill · withdrawal · recession · apathy · slope · alienation · sink · burnout · pollution · inequality
rate and manner of change
downward driftsteep climb
Sharply angled upward path
rocket · skyrocket · soar · shoot up · skyrocketing
trend direction (metaphorical)
downward driftupward trend
Sustained increase over time
appreciation · recovery · rebound · uptick · upswing
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