slump

slump
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. i. fall, settle, sink, drop; slouch, lounge, sprawl; sag, droop; decline, diminish, wane, languish; fail, collapse. —n. decline; setback, depression, recession, regression, reversion, comedown, collapse, failure; informal, slowdown, slack season.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Decline]
Syn. depreciation, slip, descent; see drop 2 , fall 1 .
2. [Depression]
Syn. rut, routine, bad period, slowdown; see depression 2 .
v.
1. [Fall]
Syn. cave in, go to ruin, collapse; see fall 1 .
2. [Decline]
Syn. blight, depreciate, sink; see decay .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
downturn, fall, decline, decrease, drop-off, recession, depression, crash, *fall-ing-off, rut, *hard times.
ANT.: boom, good times
II
v.
1. decrease droop, drop, fall off, recede, crash, *experience hard times, decline, slip, *go downhill.
2. slouch hunch, droop, sag, bend.
ANT.: 1. boom, expand. 2. stand tall, straighten
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture: drop, fall, sink. See RISE. 2. To take on or move with an awkward, slovenly posture: loll, slouch. See MOVE, POSTURE. 3. To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price: dive, drop, fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, tumble. Idiom: take a sudden downtrend (or downturn). See INCREASE. II noun 1. A usually swift downward trend, as in prices: decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, tumble. See INCREASE. 2. A period of decreased business activity and high unemployment: depression, recession. See RICH.

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