Downfall : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Downfall	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Downfall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
downfall n failure that results in a loss of position or reputation Synonym(s): downfall, ruin, ruination the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) Synonym(s): precipitation, downfall a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" Synonym(s): fall, downfall Antonym(s): rise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.