'Downfall' definitions:
Definition of 'downfall'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) [syn: precipitation, downfall]
noun
Definition of 'Downfall'
From: GCIDE
- Downfall \Down"fall`\ (doun"f[add]l`), n.
- 1. A sudden fall; a body of things falling. [1913 Webster]
- Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin; as, the senator's unrestrained sexual escapades led to his downfall. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Dire were the consequences which would follow the downfall of so important a place. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'downfall'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atrophy,
- bane,
- beating,
- bouleversement,
- brash,
- breakdown,
- burst of rain,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- chute,
- cloudburst,
- collapse,
- comedown,
- conquering,
- conquest,
- convulsion,
- crash,
- cropper,
- deathblow,
- debacle,
- decadence,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- defeat,
- deflation,
- defluxion,
- degeneracy,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- deluge,
- descending,
- descension,
- descent,
- destroyer,
- destruction,
- devolution,
- discomfiture,
- down,
- downbend,
- downcome,
- downcurve,
- downflow,
- downgrade,
- downpour,
- downrush,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward trend,
- drencher,
- drop,
- dropping,
- drubbing,
- failure,
- fall,
- falling,
- flood,
- gravitation,
- gushing rain,
- headache,
- heavy rain,
- hiding,
- inclination,
- lambasting,
- lathering,
- licking,
- mastery,
- nose dive,
- overcoming,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- plash,
- plummeting,
- pounce,
- pour,
- pratfall,
- problem,
- prostration,
- quietus,
- rainburst,
- rainspout,
- rainstorm,
- rapids,
- ruin,
- ruination,
- sabotage,
- scud,
- smash,
- soaker,
- soaking rain,
- spate,
- spout,
- stoop,
- stumble,
- subdual,
- subduing,
- subjugation,
- subversion,
- swoop,
- tailspin,
- thrashing,
- torrent of rain,
- trimming,
- trouble,
- trouncing,
- tumble,
- undoing,
- upheaval,
- upset,
- vanquishment,
- waterfall,
- Waterloo,
- waterspout,
- whipping