downfall

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
ruin, ruination
• Derivationally related forms:
ruin (for: ruin)
• Hypernyms:
failure
• Hyponyms:
finish
2. the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
• Syn:
precipitation
• Derivationally related forms:
precipitate (for: precipitation)
• Hypernyms:
weather, weather condition, conditions, atmospheric condition
• Hyponyms:
fine spray, hail, rain, rainfall, sleet,
snow, snowfall, virga
• Part Meronyms:
ice crystal, snow mist, diamond dust, poudrin, ice needle,
frost snow, frost mist
3. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- the fall of the House of Hapsburg
• Syn:
fall
• Ant:
rise (for: fall)
• Derivationally related forms:
fall (for: fall)
• Hypernyms:
weakening
• Hyponyms:
anticlimax

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fall, precipitation, ruin, ruination