Downfall - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈdaʊnfɔːl|
Brit.
|ˈdaʊnfɔːl|
noun
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation (syn: ruin, ruination)
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) (syn: precipitation)
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance (syn: fall)
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) (syn: precipitation)
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance (syn: fall)
Extra examples
Their downfall was the result of several bad decisions.
Bad decision-making was their downfall.
It was the downfall of his great expectations.
His pride may still be his downfall.
His complicity with the former government had led to his downfall.
His resignation triggered a chain of events (=series of events which each cause the next one to happen) that led eventually to the downfall of the government.
The minister was found guilty of plotting the downfall of the government.
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