Descending
/dɪˈsɛndɪŋ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:19 pts10 letters
Definition of Descending
verb
- To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.
"The rain descended, and the floods came."
- To enter mentally; to retire.
- (with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
"And on the suitors let thy wrath descend."
- To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself
"he descended from his high estate"
- To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered.
noun
- A descent.
"continual ascendings and descendings"
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SYNONYMS
go down
ANTONYMS
ascendgo upascending