All falling synonyms
fall
F f adj falling
- lowering β comparative of low1 .
- plunging β to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- tumbling β an act of tumbling or falling.
- decreasing β becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
- sliding β rising or falling, increasing or decreasing, according to a standard or to a set of conditions.
- sinking β to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- crumbling β to break into small fragments or crumbs.
- tottering β walking unsteadily or shakily.
- settling β the act of a person or thing that settles.
- ebbing β the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- abating β to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
- declining β deteriorating gradually, as in quality, health, or character
- subsiding β to sink to a low or lower level.
noun falling
- polemic β a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- dustup β a quarrel; argument; row.
- sinkage β the act, process, amount, or degree of sinking.
- setto β a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- drop-off β a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- subsidence β to sink to a low or lower level.
- gin β a female Aborigine.
- descent β A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- set to β a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- crusher β A crusher is a piece of equipment used for crushing things.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- cave-in β a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- brannigan β a noisy quarrel
- finisher β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- statics β Electricity. static or atmospheric electricity. interference due to such electricity.
- outs β away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- bone to pick β (usually with with) An item of disagreement to complain about or resolve.
- tailspin β spin (def 23).
- set-to β a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- prolapse β Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
- argument β An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
- knockdown β capable of knocking something down; overwhelming; irresistible: a knockdown blow.
adjective falling
- dwindling β to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
- dropping β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- deteriorating β Become progressively worse.
- dipping β Present participle of dip.
- diminishing β Make or become less.
- lessening β to become less.
- plummeting β Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- collapsing β Present participle of collapse.
- descending β When a group of things is listed or arranged in descending order, each thing is smaller or less important than the thing before it.