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dégringolade

noun

dé·​grin·​go·​lade | ˌdā-ˌgraⁿ(ŋ)-gə-ˈläd

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Definition of dégringolade

: a rapid decline or deterioration (as in strength, position, or condition) : downfall

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Synonyms & Antonyms for dégringolade

Synonyms

decadence, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, descent, deterioration, devolution, downfall, downgrade, ebb, eclipse, fall

Antonyms

ascent, rise, upswing

Did You Know?

If dégringolade looks French to you, you have a good eye. We lifted this noun directly from French, and even in English it is usually styled with an acute accent over the first “e,” as in French. The French noun in turn comes from the verb dégringoler (“to tumble down”), which itself derives from the Middle French desgringueler (from des-, meaning “down,” and gringueler, meaning “to tumble”). Although dégringolade retains the sense of a sudden tumble in English, it tends to be applied to more metaphorical situations – a rapid fall from a higher position in society, for example. These days, dégringolade is fairly rare in American English. We rely far more heavily on its familiar synonym downfall.

Examples of dégringolade in a Sentence

the sad dégringolade of the holiday from a solemn day of remembrance to just another excuse to go shopping a sad dégringolade for a theater company that once premiered important American plays

First Known Use of dégringolade

History and Etymology for dégringolade

French, from dégringoler to tumble down, from Middle French desgringueler, from des- de- + gringueler to tumble, from Middle Dutch crinkelen to make curl, from crinc, cring ring, circle

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“It will kill you early”, they say

What do they know, they can’t feel my pain

I am in this alone,

I must bury it before it buries me, it’s really grown.

Went from being a secret situation

Now it has taken on a new kind of commotion.

It will take me a while. I believe,

You know, to get real relief.,

To work my way to where I once was whole.

Regardless of what advice I have been told.

I don’t need to concern myself with others

They are not worth all of that, to have to smother

My need to be me, to be my true self

Enough already, enough to be disheveled.

Got to jump back up, dive right in

Find that person I was, before then.

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If wishes and wants could become reality than what purpose would hoping and praying to serve in our life.

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There is a place

Somewhere still to be found

A place where joy and love still abound.

There is a beauty so splendid

A peace and restorer of your soul

Where water springs up from a hole.

The noise you hear, you connect with

It’s not harsh or mean

It’s felt in the heart and cannot be seen.

There you will find only help,

Not dangers that rob you of living,

Just fortified help that gives just to be giving.

While there you will feel better

There will not be worry or pain

They’ll be no hurry to flee the place or go insane.

Our life is a reflection, some of the time bad

But sometimes, just sometimes it’s not

You’ll know when you find the spot…

Where flowers of our mind bloom🌺.

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