Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"
on or toward a surface regarded as a base; "he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity"
Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous
If you refer to a downward trend, you mean that something is decreasing or that a situation is getting worse. The downward trend in home ownership is likely to continue. upward