downhill

Adverb

downhill (comparative further downhill or farther downhill, superlative furthest downhill or farthest downhill)

1. Down a slope.
   • Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there.
   • I worked my way downhill, slip sliding in the mud along a steep embankment that followed a stream until it emptied into a creek.2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 388

   Synonyms:

   downslope

   Antonyms:

   uphill

2. (broadly) So as to deteriorate or get worse.
   • After Don made those tasteless remarks, our relationship with him went downhill.

Adjective

IPA/ˈdaʊnˌhɪl/

downhill (comparative further downhill or farther downhill, superlative furthest downhill or farthest downhill)

1. Located towards or at the bottom of a slope or hill.
   • Moraines are found at the downhill end of a glacier.
2. Going down a slope or a hill.
   • This year's race is on a downhill course.
   • It was nearly all downhill into Shrewsbury, with two intermediate stops, and a grand sequence of long curves around which Soult nuzzled her way with a quick side-to-side action.1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 706
3. (broadly) Easy.
   • That's the hard part of the job done. From now on it's downhill all the way.
4. Characterized by a style of running with a low center of gravity.
   • He's a downhill runner.

Noun

IPA/ˈdaʊnˌhɪl/

downhill (countable and uncountable, plural downhills)

1. (uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
2. (countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.

Verb

downhill (third-person singular simple present downhills, present participle downhilling, simple past and past participle downhilled)

1. To take part in downhill skiing.

Proper noun capitalized: Downhill

Downhill

1. A coastal village and beach (Downhill Strand) in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref C 7436).
2. A hamlet in St Eval parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8669).
3. A northern suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3559).