plummeting

Definitions

Falling or dropping straight down at high speed.

Decreasing rapidly in value, amount, or intensity.

Examples

The company's stock prices were plummeting after the announcement of the failed merger.

Temperatures are plummeting tonight as a cold front moves across the region.

Synonyms

plunging nosing-diving dropping tumbling crashing descending falling

Antonyms

soaring skyrocketing surging rising climbing ascending escalating