All downbeat synonyms
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D d adj downbeat
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- defeatist — A defeatist is someone who thinks or talks in a way that suggests that they expect to be unsuccessful.
- cheerless — Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing.
- dejected — If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
- dispirited — discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
- gloomy — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- unhappy — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
- unhopeful — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
adjective downbeat
- pessimistic — pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
- dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- bleak — If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
- depressing — Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed.
- casual — If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- relaxed — being free of or relieved from tension or anxiety: in a relaxed mood.
- unpretentious — not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
- laid-back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
noun downbeat
- metre — an instrument for measuring, especially one that automatically measures and records the quantity of something, as of gas, water, miles, or time, when it is activated.
- pace — a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
- periodicity — the character of being periodic; the tendency to recur at regular intervals.
- tempo — Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- rhythm — movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.