'Ups and downs' definitions:
Definition of 'Ups and downs'
From: GCIDE
- Up \Up\, n. The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- Ups and downs, alternate states of elevation and depression, or of prosperity and the contrary. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- They had their ups and downs of fortune. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ups and downs'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alternation,
- back-and-forth,
- chain of circumstances,
- chain reaction,
- chapter of accidents,
- coming and going,
- concatenation of events,
- ebb and flow,
- feast and famine,
- flux and reflux,
- ins and outs,
- Lissajous figure,
- reciprocation,
- rhythmic play,
- seesaw,
- seesawing,
- sine wave,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- teeter-tottering,
- teetering,
- to-and-fro,
- tottering,
- vicious circle,
- vicissitudes,
- vicissitudes of fortune,
- wigwag