- downhill
- [[t]da͟ʊnhɪ̱l[/t]]
1) ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, ADV from n If something or someone is moving downhill or is downhill, they are moving down a slope or are located towards the bottom of a hill.
He headed downhill towards the river...
The lake itself lies only a few hundred yards off to your right and slightly downhill...
It was a clearing just downhill from a peak of eight thousand feet.
Ant:ADJ: ADJ nDownhill is also an adjective.Bessie was on the downhill path. ...downhill ski runs... We began a steady downhill run.
2) ADV: ADV after v, be ADV If you say that something is going downhill, you mean that it is becoming worse or less successful.Since I started to work longer hours things have gone steadily downhill...
For the movie business, it was all downhill from there...
His career was heading downhill fast.
3) ADJ: v-link ADJ If you say that a task or situation is downhill after a particular stage or time, you mean that it is easy to deal with after that stage or time.Well, I guess it's all downhill from here.
English dictionary. 2008.