downward spiral

:  from a higher to a lower place

:  toward a direction that is the opposite of up

:  from a higher to a lower condition

:  moving or extending downward

:  descending from a head, origin, or source

:  winding around a center or pole and gradually receding from or approaching it

:  helical

:  spiral-bound

:  the path of a point in a plane moving around a central point while continuously receding from or approaching it

:  a three-dimensional curve (such as a helix) with one or more turns about an axis

:  a single turn or coil in a spiral object

:  to go and especially to rise or fall in a spiral course

:  to form into a spiral

:  to cause to spiral