Related Words for downward spiral

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downfall
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Noun
decline
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Noun
downturn
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Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
descent
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Noun
aftermath
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Noun
perfect storm
x//
Phrase, Noun
depression
x/x
Noun
meltdown
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Noun
nadir
/x
Noun
ups and downs
///
Phrase, Noun
pendulum
/xx
Noun
fall
/
Noun
doom
/
Noun
plummet
/x
Verb
breakdown
/x
Noun
declension
x/x
Noun
dive
/
Noun
eclipse
x/
Noun
dwindling
/xx
Noun
drop
/
Noun
cataclysm
/xxx
Noun
doldrums
/x
Noun
abyss
x/
Noun
trough
/
Noun
slowdown
/x
Noun
death
/
Noun
demise
x/
Noun
rainy day
/x/
Phrase, Noun
melting point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
depths
/
Noun
windup
/x
Noun
cliff
/
Noun
drift
/
Noun
snowing
/x
Verb
gloom
/
Noun
lapse
/
Noun
shadow
/x
Noun
climax
/x
Noun
raining
/x
Verb
upside
//
Adjective
cold spell
//
Phrase, Noun
lowdown
/x
Noun
delaying
x/x
Verb
losing streak
/x/
Phrase, Noun
weather
/x
Noun
cataract
/xx
Noun
dimming
/x
Noun
contraction
x/x
Noun
downtime
/x
Noun
apocalypse
x/xx
Noun
turn
/
Noun
blackout
/x
Noun
drawdown
/x
Noun
crescendo
x/x
Noun
dawning
/x
Noun
brooding
/x
Noun
fade to black
///
Name, Verb, Name
afternoon
xx/
Noun
one of those days
////
Phrase, Noun
revolution
xx/x
Noun
dark
/
Adjective
black swan
//
Name, Name
snowfall
/x
Noun
north
/
Noun
tipping point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
scowl
/
Noun
natural disaster
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
wane
/
Noun
death sentence
//x
Phrase, Noun
drooping
/x
Verb
cyclone
x/
Noun
breathing spell
/x/
Phrase, Noun
ebb and flow
///
Phrase, Noun, Verb
cloud
/
Noun
fallout
/x
Noun
thunderbolt
/xx
Noun
acceleration
xxx/x
Noun
accrue
x/
Verb, Noun
adverse
x/
Adjective
amounting
x/x
Verb
angels
/x
Verb
aqueduct
/xx
Noun
arc
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
arcuate
xxx
Adjective
ascends
x/
Verb, Noun
ascension
x/x
Noun
ascent
x/
Noun
aspiring
x/x
Adjective, Noun
asymmetrical
xx/xx
Adjective
attendance
x/x
Noun
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bend
/
Noun, Verb
biasing
/xx
Noun
bins
/
Noun
blackberry
/xx
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bounce
/
Verb, Noun
bounding
/x
Noun, Adjective
breakout
/x
Noun, Adjective
cascade
x/
Noun, Verb
centripetal
/x/x
Adjective
cephalad
/x/
Adverb
chain
/
Noun, Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
circular
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
circulation
/xxx
Noun
circulatory
/xxxx
Noun, Adjective
climbing
/x
Noun, Adjective
cog
/
Noun, Verb
coil
/
Noun, Verb
concentric
x/x
Adjective
condescend
xx/
Verb
cone
/
Noun, Verb
cordon
/x
Noun, Verb
corkscrew
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
counterclockwise
xx/x
Adjective, Adverb
curl
/
Noun, Verb
curvilinear
/x/xx
Adjective
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
cylinder
/xx
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
decrement
xxx
Noun, Verb
deflationary
x/xxx
Adjective
depressed
x/
Adjective
derive
x/
Verb
descending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
diagonal
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
downside
/x
Noun
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
eastward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ellipse
x/
Noun, Verb
elliptical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
escalade
xx/
Noun, Verb
escalating
/xxx
Verb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
furrow
/x
Noun, Verb
gear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
girdle
/x
Noun, Verb
hank
/
Name, Verb
helical
/xx
Adjective
helix
/x
Noun, Verb
hellish
/x
Adjective
hexagon
/xx
Noun
inclination
xx/x
Noun
incline
x/
Noun, Verb
infernal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
intensification
xxxx/x
Noun
irregular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
landing
/x
Noun
lean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
leftward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
loop
/
Noun, Verb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
maelstrom
/x
Noun
midst
/
Noun
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
oblique
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
onward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
parallelogram
/xxxx
Noun
pattern
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
progeny
/xx
Noun
race
/
Noun, Verb
radial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
rearward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
recoil
x/
Noun, Verb
rectangle
/xx
Noun, Adjective
reduced
x/
Adjective
refusal
x/x
Noun
regressive
x/x
Adjective
reticulate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
retrograde
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
revolving
x/x
Adjective, Noun
rib
/
Noun, Verb
rightward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
ring
/
Noun, Verb
rise
/
Noun, Verb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
screw
/
Noun, Verb
scroll
/
Noun, Verb
semicircle
xx/x
Noun, Verb
serpentine
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sideways
/x
Adverb, Adjective
sinuous
/x
Adjective
southward
/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
spin
/
Noun, Verb
spiraled
/x
Verb
spree
/
Noun, Verb
swift
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
swirl
/
Noun, Verb
trap
/
Noun, Verb
turbinate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
upgrade
x/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
upsurge
/x
Noun, Verb
upward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
vicious
/x
Adjective, Noun
vortex
/x
Noun, Verb
waist
/
Noun
wave
/
Noun, Verb
wavy
/x
Noun, Adjective
whirling
/x
Noun, Adjective
whirlpool
/x
Noun, Verb
whorl
/
Noun, Verb
winding
/x
Noun, Adjective
zag
/
Noun, Verb
zigzag
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb