14
fading(verb, adjective, decline, last, failing)
10
lowering(noun, verb, adjective, depression, depressing)
9
falling(noun, verb, adjective, drop, decline)
8
plunging(noun, verb, adjective, drop, decline)
7
depression(noun, drop, decline, fall, depression)
7
dip(noun, drop, decline, fall, slump)
7
plummeting(noun, verb, adjective, drop, decline)
6
declining(verb, adjective, inferior, last, depressed)
6
descending(noun, verb, adjective, inferior, down)
6
diminution(noun, drop, decrease, depression, retreat)
6
dropping(noun, verb, adjective, inferior, depressed)
6
fall(noun, verb, drop, decline, plunge)
6
slipping(verb, adjective, inferior, depressed, backward)
6
slumping(verb, adjective, inferior, depressed, declining)
6
worsening(verb, lessening, deteriorating)
5
decline(noun, drop, fall, plunge, slump)
5
decrease(noun, drop, depression, retreat, wane)
5
descent(noun, drop, fall, down, slump)
5
down(adjective, hard, evil, lower, rough)
5
ebb(noun, drop, decline, decrease, retreat)
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