[ UK /dˈa‍ʊnfɔːl/ ]
[ US /ˈdaʊnˌfɔɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
    the fall of the House of Hapsburg
  2. the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
  3. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
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How To Use downfall In A Sentence

  • I do think one of the downfalls of diet drugs and appetite suppressants is that they still don't teach you how to eat.
  • The irony being, if Spurs do become legitimate contenders for the title and pip City to it, therefore Man City sponsor their own downfall. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • Second-place winner Nada Bader, a 12-year-old seventh-grader from Crestwood Middle School, met her downfall with the word "conniption" - a fit of rage, hysteria or alarm. Times Leader News
  • But it was standing a bad debt for a friend that proved his downfall.
  • His pride may still be his downfall.
  • This darkly comic fable tells how the revenge plans for a New Year's Eve party go horribly wrong, as two wicked sisters plan the downfall of the third and most successful one.
  • The constant friction with his superiors probably hastened his downfall.
  • The downfall of the ILM was first and foremost the failure of its leadership - at all levels, in all affiliated organisations.
  • Hopefully, all the little ones and not so little, enjoyed their day off school and work due to the downfall of snow, last week.
  • Her sharp, aggressive tone set in motion the events that led to her downfall.
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