English-Thai Dictionary

downfall

N ความหายนะ  ความตกต่ำ  ความ ล่มสลาย  ruin destruction improvement kwam-hai-ya-na

 

downfallen

A ที่ ตกต่ำ มาก กระ ทัน หัน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOWNFALL

n. 1. A falling, or body of things falling; as the downfall of a flood.
2. Ruin; destruction; a sudden fall; or ruin by violence, in distinction from slow decay or declension; as the downfall of the Roman empire, occasioned by the conquests of the Northern nations; the downfall of a city.
3. The sudden fall, depression or ruin of reputation or estate. We speak of the downfall of pride or glory, and of distinguished characters.

 

DOWNFALLEN

a.Fallen; ruined.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOWNFALL

DOWNFALL Down "fall `, n.

 

1. A sudden fall; a body of things falling. Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid. Holland. Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour. Dryden.

 

2. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin. Dire were the consequences which would follow the downfall of so important a place. Motley.

 

DOWNFALLEN

DOWNFALLEN Down "fall `en, a.

 

Defn: Fallen; ruined. Carew.

 

DOWNFALLING

DOWNFALLING Down "fall `ing, a.

 

Defn: Falling down.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

downfall

down fall |ˈdounˌfôl ˈdaʊnˌfɔl | ▶noun a loss of power, prosperity, or status: the crisis led to the downfall of the government. • the cause of such a loss: his intractability will prove to be his downfall.

 

Oxford Dictionary

downfall

down |fall |ˈdaʊnfɔːl | ▶noun 1 a loss of power, prosperity, or status: the crisis led to the downfall of the government. • the cause of a loss of power, prosperity, or status: his intractability will prove to be his downfall. 2 a heavy fall of rain or snow.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

downfall

downfall noun the downfall of Napoleon III in 1870: undoing, ruin, ruination; defeat, conquest, deposition, overthrow; nemesis, destruction, annihilation, elimination; end, collapse, fall, crash, failure; debasement, degradation, disgrace; Waterloo. ANTONYMS rise.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

downfall

downfall noun the downfall of Napoleon III in 1870: undoing, ruin, ruination, loss of power /prosperity /status; defeat, conquest, vanquishing, toppling, deposition, ousting, unseating, overthrow, nemesis, destruction, annihilation, elimination, end, collapse, fall, crash, failure, debasement, degradation, disgrace; Waterloo; rare labefaction. ANTONYMS rise; salvation; survival.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

downfall

d ó wn f à ll 名詞 C 1 〖単数形で 〗(権力 繁栄などからの )転落, 零落, 没落 ; 破滅の原因 ▸ the downfall of an empire 帝国の没落 .2 (雨 雪の )どしゃ降り, 大降り ▸ a heavy downfall of rain [snow ]豪雨 [雪 ].3 ｟英 ｠(狩猟用の )落としわな (｟米 ｠deadfall ).