dégringoladen.
/deɪˌɡraŋɡə(ʊ)ˈlad/ A rapid descent; deterioration, decadence; change from bad to worse. Also as a verb.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]
waningc900
littlingOE
lessingc1350
abating1370
diminutionc1374
minishinga1382
decrease1383
remissiona1398
shrinkinga1398
decreasing1398
adminishing?c1400
abbreviation?a1425
lessening?a1425
minoration?a1425
disincrease1430
abatement1433
restrictiona1450
batea1475
diminuation1477
limitation1483
abate1486
minute1495
minishment1533
mitigation1533
diminishinga1535
extenuation1542
slacking1542
reduce1549
diminishment1551
perditionc1555
debatementa1563
rebatement1573
obstriction1578
imminution1583
contracting1585
contraction1589
rabate1589
rebating1598
retrenchmentc1600
decession1606
ravalling1609
reducement1619
decrement1621
bating1629
shrivellinga1631
decretion1635
dejection1652
abater1653
rolling back1658
limiting1677
batement1679
reduction1695
depression1793
downdraw1813
descent1832
decess1854
lowering1868
shrinkage1873
dégringolade1883
minification1894
degrowth1920
downrating1950
1883 Sat. Rev. 24 Nov. 648/1 The dégringolade of Tokka and the catastrophe of Obeid.
1895 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 27 July 109/1 Miss Lottie Collins..will soon find her popularity degringolading from the summit on which the Tarara craze exalted it.
1906 W. De Morgan Joseph Vance xxxv. 346 This last is a short chapter, but is a record of a steady dégringolade.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 29 May 5/3 We..share her distress in the ensuing dégringolade.
1926 Spectator 29 May 900/1 This dégringolade, this falling back into an undrained, unfenced, unploughed, unweeded prairie.
1926 Nation 24 July 460/1 The franc has this week looked the penny in the face, and has acquired a momentum in decline which suggests that a dégringolade is close at hand, unless prompt and effective measures are really taken.
1959 Encounter Sept. 69/1 The hero..underwent a convincing but totally unsensational dégringolade, taking, not to drugs or drink, but to an increasing sluggishness.
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