downhill

³down·hill

adj \-ˌhil\

Definition of DOWNHILL

1

: not difficult : easy <after that problem the rest was downhill>

2

: sloping downhill

3

: closer to the bottom of an incline <your downhill ski>

4

: progressively worse

Examples of DOWNHILL

1. The second half of the hike is mostly downhill.
2. The worst part is over. It's all downhill from here.
3. The first part of the movie was pretty good, but after that it was all downhill.
4. His career has been all downhill in recent years.

First Known Use of DOWNHILL

1622

Related to DOWNHILL

Synonyms: cheap, easy, effortless, facile, fluent, fluid, hands-down, light, painless, ready, royal, simple, smooth, snap, soft

Antonyms: arduous, demanding, difficult, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, herculean, killer, labored, laborious, murderous, rough, severe, stiff, strenuous, toilful, toilsome, tough

Related Words: idiotproof, mindless, quick, straightforward, unchallenging, uncomplicated; apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, transparent, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable

Near Antonyms: burdensome, exhausting, onerous, oppressive, painful, stressful, taxing, troublesome; abstruse, complex, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty, problematic (also problematical), recondite

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