Downward and Fallen

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Downward adjective - Directed down.

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Fallen and downward are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fallen" instead an adjective "Downward".

Nearby Words: downside, downwards, downwardly

Fallen adjective - No longer living.

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Downward and fallen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Downward" instead an adjective "Fallen".

Nearby Words: fall, falling

It's a tragic monument to the downward spiral that Staley had fallen into by that point; this would be the last song he'd ever record before his death from a drug overdose four years later.

Source: Horrible / Music
Then, around the time of Decimation and Messiah Complex, he's fallen into a downward spiral of work, work, work.

Source: Workaholic
Felony Misdemeanor: Mary drinks a beer and TPs the school gym = Mary is a fallen woman on an uncontrollable downward spiral whose recklessness and lack of reverence for the conventions of civilized society will surely spell her doom.

Source: Series / 7th Heaven

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