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down under |
down's syndrome |
down-and-out |
down-bow |
down-to-earth |
downbeat
| downbound
| downcast
| downdraft
| downer
| downfall
downbeat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun downbeat has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
downbeat, n. & adj.
--n. Mus. an accented beat, usu. the first of the bar.
--adj.
1 pessimistic, gloomy.
2 relaxed.
--n. Mus. an accented beat, usu. the first of the bar.
--adj.
1 pessimistic, gloomy.
2 relaxed.
THESAURUS
downbeat
Cassandra-like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, arsis, bar beat, beat, bout, circle, circuit, course, cycle, cynical, defeatist, diastole, dismal, gloomy, negative, negativistic, nihilistic, offbeat, pessimist, pessimistic, pulsation, pulse, revolution, rotation, round, series, spell, systole, thesis, throb, turn, uncheerful, upbeat, wheel
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