DESCENDED Synonyms: 148 Similar and Opposite Words

descended

verb

past tense of descend

as in fell

to lead or extend downward the pathway descends to the river bank

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as in deteriorated

to become worse or of less value the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room

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as in plunged

to go to a lower level especially abruptly leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind wait for the elevator to descend

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as in dismounted

to come down from something (as a vehicle) the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit

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Recent Examples of descended On Tuesday, rodeo lovers and animal welfare advocates descended on downtown Los Angeles to argue for and against a draft ordinance that would ban the hooved spectacles within the city. —

Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 Not the least of those is a bullpen that has descended into one of the last-reliable in baseball. —

Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026 More than 20 rock bands and artists descended upon Nashville’s Lower Broadway on Friday during the heart of the 2026 CMA Fest to show that Music City is more than just three chords and the truth. —

Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026 Yet after that banner year, the Rangers descended into toxicity and despair, with wholesale roster changes that included captain Jacob Trouba, playoff hero Chris Kreider and, ultimately, Panarin being traded away for pennies on the dollar. —

Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 June 2026 The Maracana descended into silence at full time, as the nation struggled to comprehend what had happened. —

Will Jeanes, New York Times, 5 June 2026 In video posted from Kathmandu on Wednesday, Thrall said that the Polish climber was battling frostbite and had descended with the Sherpa guide Thrall was climbing with, leaving Hillary Dawa and him to descend together. —

Helen Regan, CNN Money, 5 June 2026 British climber Chris Thrall, who had descended with Dawa Sherpa from high on the mountain, said the guide stopped briefly to rest during the difficult descent but never caught back up with the group. —

Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 June 2026 Soccer fans descended on Rockefeller Center on June 4, 2026, to trade Panini stickers, with the goal of filling their albums with all 980. —

Luis Miguel Echegaray, CBS News, 4 June 2026

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And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.

— Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
There was also a giant tree stretching across Laflin Street about a block from the scene of the fire, after being felled by the storms on Wednesday.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 June 2026