downbeat
Sad or pessimisticSad or pessimistic.
» These difficult times have me feeling downbeat.
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2 sensesSad or pessimistic.
He sounded downbeat when asked about his future plans.
pessimistisch
Cautiously optimistic.
She carried herself with a quiet downbeat grace.
Examples
6 sentencesThese difficult times have me feeling downbeat.
The orchestra entered on the downbeat of the conductor's baton.
Everyone was exhausted, so the party was a somewhat downbeat affair.
Don't anticipate the downbeat.
The Central Bank issued a downbeat assessment of the economic prospects for the next financial year.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Earlier downbeaten, from the phrasal verb beat downEarlier downbeaten, from the phrasal verb beat down
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Forms
more downbeat, most downbeat| Comparative | more downbeat Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most downbeat Lesson |
regular
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.