spiraling down
Twisting toward bottom
Spiraling down describes movement that descends while rotating, like water draining or a hawk circling lower.
The phrase more often appears figuratively for situations deteriorating progressively: The company has been spiraling down since the merger.
Unlike a sudden collapse, spiraling down suggests gradual, continuous decline—each turn bringing you lower than the last.
- descendingMoving downward
- fallingMoving downward freely
- plummetingFalling steeply and fast
- nosediveSudden steep descent
- declineDecrease or refuse
losing altitude · going downhill · crash · vortex · whirlpool · circling the drain · tailspin · spinning out · sinking · dropping · slippery slope · collapse · unraveling · deteriorating · freefall · corkscrew · dizzy · vertigo
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- moral decaymoral decay, moral decline, moral collapse, moral bankruptcy, degeneration
spiraling downrising
Act of ascending
ascending · climbing · soaring · shooting up · elevating
spiraling downturning around
Reversing one's direction
recovering · bouncing back · thriving · flourishing · on the rise
spiraling downstabilizing
Making firm or constant
leveling off · steadying · getting a grip · settling · plateauing
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