Synonyms for de-scending


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : dih-send
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛnd

Top 10 synonyms for de-scending Other synonyms for the word de-scending

Définition of de-scending

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French descendre (10c.) "descend, dismount; fall into; originate in," from Latin descendere "come down, descend, sink," from de- "down" (see de-) + scandere "to climb," from PIE root *skand- "jump" (see scan (v.)). Sense of "originate" is late 14c. in English. Related: Descended; descending.
  • As in downward : adj earthward
  • As in falling : adj dropping
  • As in descending : adj moving down
  • As in down : adj below; physically lower
  • As in lapse : verb become void; fall back into previous pattern
  • As in lower : verb let down; fall
  • As in pitch : verb dive, roll
  • As in plummet : verb fall hard and fast
  • As in plunge : verb dive or fall fast
  • As in rot : verb corrode, deteriorate
  • As in set : verb decline
  • As in settle : verb come to rest; fall
  • As in sink : verb fall in, go under
  • As in sink : verb deteriorate
  • As in slant : verb angle off, slope
  • As in slope : verb slant, tilt
  • As in spring : verb originate, emerge
  • As in step : verb move foot to walk
  • As in stoop : verb bow down
  • As in stoop : verb condescend; lower oneself to another
  • As in submerge : verb dunk in liquid
  • As in subside : verb die down; decrease
  • As in tumble : verb fall or make fall awkwardly
  • As in worsen : verb diminish, decay
  • As in cascade : verb fall in a rush
  • As in glissade : verb glide
  • As in submerse : verb sink
  • As in come down : verb worsen
  • As in condescend : verb stoop, humble oneself
  • As in degenerate : verb decay, deteriorate
  • As in demean : verb humble, humiliate
  • As in derive from : verb come from; arise
  • As in descend : verb move down, lower a
  • As in descend : verb condescend
  • As in descend : verb trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down
  • As in deteriorate : verb decay, degenerate
  • As in disintegrate : verb fall apart; reduce to pieces
  • As in dismount : verb get off something higher
  • As in drop : verb fall in globules
  • As in drop : verb let go of; fall
  • As in alight : verb land
  • As in get down : verb dismount
  • As in get off : verb depart
  • As in glide : verb move smoothly and quickly on a surface
  • As in go down : verb lose, fall
  • As in gravitate : verb be drawn toward; fall to

Antonyms for de-scending

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