Downbeat

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  • noun. The first beat of a measure.
  • noun. The downward stroke made by a conductor to indicate the first beat of a measure.
  • adjective. Cheerless; pessimistic.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward).
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  • noun. The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke)
  • adjective. sad or pessimistic
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  • noun. the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward)
    • Word Usage
    "Atop lazy swirls of blues riffs, a voice croaks: "It's what you call a downbeat, it's what you call a downbeat.""
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    upbeat  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beat  musical rhythm  rhythm  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crete  Deet  Delete  Fleet  Grete  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    40-minute  andwarfare  biglietto  bullet-headed  concert.abs-cbnnews.com  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Cassandra-like  Cassandran  Cassandrian  arsis  bar beat  
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