as in hopeless
emphasizing or expecting the worst
a downbeat prediction for the company's sales performance in the upcoming year
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Recent Examples of downbeat
Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 May 2025
European stocks opened on a similarly downbeat note, but losses were softened later in the day.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
One other downbeat note from the report was a steep revision for January, which originally was reported as a 0.9% decline.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Now, over a decade later, the downbeat, emotional track is finally entering the mainstream.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 May 2025
European stocks opened on a similarly downbeat note, but losses were softened later in the day.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
Cox was a bit more downbeat on the new law of the land.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
One other downbeat note from the report was a steep revision for January, which originally was reported as a 0.9% decline.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downbeat
Adjective
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Those nurses never stopped fighting for Mattie, even as her situation seemed hopeless.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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While critical gaps in testing still remain, innovation has ignited a diagnostic boom that has transformed the AIDS fight from hopeless to winnable.—
Jennifer Lotito,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Market downturns can be unnerving, but the stock market generally rewards investors who are patient.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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Those are the loans that go bad quickly during a downturn.—
Ron Insana,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Is this a cynical attempt to rescue their party from a political free fall?—
John Opdycke,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 May 2025
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And so Lee’s reinterpretation strains to leave us on a high instead of a low, as befits the finale of an update so compellingly eager to flip the script on one of Kurosawa’s most cynical films.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Consumers and businesses are changing their spending habits, contributing to a noticeable slowdown in the economy.—
Christian Weller,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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This report portrays the current state of the housing sector, with analysts watching for signs of any further slowdown in sales activity.—
Catherine Baab,
Quartz,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Democrats in March hit an all-time low in polling and remain pessimistic about the party’s future, according to a new survey this month.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
29 May 2025
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Unlike many pessimistic voices, Bocco refused to concede that theatrical is becoming a niche business that exists to feed streaming.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The New York Jets enter the 2025-26 NFL season on the downswing and in need of more help, especially on the offensive end.—
Seth Quinn,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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Other sectors on the downswing: Professional and business services, down 3,900; retail, down 2,000; financial activities, down 1,300; information, down 1,100, and construction, down 600.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, others who attended this year’s California Democratic Party Convention dismissed any notion that the future of the Democratic Party is bleak.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
31 May 2025
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The early options on the GOP side are bleak: Neither Donalds nor Casey DeSantis, the governor’s wife who’s said to be interested in succeeding him, is the moderate Florida so desperately needs now.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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Of course, price stagnation in and of itself is no reason to get excited about a stock.—
John Dorfman,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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The German economy has however been in stagnation territory for over two years now, with tensions over economic, fiscal and budget policy in the previous ruling coalition and its eventual breakup continuing to weigh on expectations.—
Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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“Downbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downbeat. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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