slipping

ADJECTIVE

down

Synonyms

STRONGEST

downward

STRONG

cascading declining depressed descending downgrade downhill dropping falling inferior precipitating sagging sinking sliding slumping

WEAK

bottomward earthward gravitating groundward nether subjacent to the bottom under underneath

Antonyms

WEAK

above cheerful cheery happy heartened higher

ADJECTIVE

falling

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collapsing decreasing descending lowering plunging sliding tumbling weakening

STRONG

abating crumbling declining diminishing ebbing settling sinking subsiding toppling tottering

Antonyms

WEAK

improving increasing rising

ADJECTIVE

retrograde

Synonyms

STRONG

declining deteriorating inverted lapsing receding reversed sinking worsening

WEAK

backward catabolic contrary inverse

Antonyms

WEAK

forward positive

Example Sentences

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I don't see them sticking five or six in again this time, but I also don't see them slipping up.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Saar yelps in an elevated octave before slipping them on … And not two seconds later kicking them off.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

In Paris, the French CAC 40 edged 0.1% higher as technology gains counter slipping banking stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

U.S. stocks aren’t behaving as if the cease-fire with Iran is slipping quietly away amid small-boat attacks, cruise missiles, and drone strikes.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Life was slipping away from her, but the crane made Sadako feel stronger inside.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

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