downward

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

down·ward BrE [ˈdaʊnwəd] NAmE [ˈdaʊnwərd] adjective usually before noun
moving or pointing towards a lower level
•the downward slope of a hill
•the downward trend in inflation
• She was trapped in a downward spiral of personal unhappiness.
• The business was on a downward path, finally closing in 2008.
•Subsidence is the downward movement of a site on which a building stands.
Opp: ↑upward
Derived Word: ↑downwardly

Word Origin:
[downward downwardly] Middle English: shortening of Old English adūnweard.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  downward(ip), down(a), downward(a), down, downwards, downwardly
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  up, upwards, upward, upwardly