Drink brought about his downfall.
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Downfall
//ˈdaʊnfɔːl//
Synonyms for "downfall" (140 found)
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3 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 24 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- անկում noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dağılma noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- süqut noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Bulgarian
2 entries- крах noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- провал noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 倒臺 /倒台 noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Dutch
1 entries- neergang noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Esperanto
1 entries- falego noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Finnish
3 entries- kukistuminen noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- tuho noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- tuho noun (cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error)
French
1 entries- chute noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
German
4 entries- Niedergang noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- Ruin noun (cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error)
- Untergang noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- Verfall noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Greek
2 entries- ήττα noun (cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error)
- πτώση noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Hindi
1 entries- पतन noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Hungarian
2 entries- bukás noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- kudarc noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Italian
4 entries- caduta noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- rovescio noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- rovina noun (cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error)
- rovinio noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Japanese
4 entries- 最期 noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- 滅亡 noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- 致命傷 noun (cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error)
- 衰亡 noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Latin
1 entries- ruīna noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Malayalam
1 entries- പതനം noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Māori
2 entries- hinganga noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- whakahinganga noun (cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error)
Polish
2 entries- upadek noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- zguba noun (cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error)
Portuguese
2 entries- queda noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- ruína noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Quechua
1 entries- urma noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Russian
4 entries- крах noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- круше́ние noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- обва́л noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- паде́ние noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Spanish
4 entries- caída noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- decadencia noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- decaimiento noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
- ocaso noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Thai
1 entries- ความพินาศ noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Yiddish
1 entries- אומקומעניש noun (precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
When he was at the acme of his career, a scandal brought about his downfall.
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His arrogance led to his downfall.
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His love for indigenous Mexican art became his downfall.
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