downbeat
/ˈdaʊnbiːt/
downbeat noun: the accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
Noun
downbeat (plural downbeats)
Adjective
IPA/daʊnˈbiːt/
downbeat (comparative more downbeat, superlative most downbeat)
- Sad or pessimistic.
- He sounded downbeat when asked about his future plans.
- Cautiously optimistic.
- She carried herself with a quiet downbeat grace.
downbeat meaning in Malayalam
downbeat in Malayalam
- gloomy, pessimistic, negative
- വിഷാദാത്മകമായ, ശുഭാപ്തിവിശ്വാസമില്ലാത്ത, മനസ്സിനു വാട്ടം തട്ടിയ, നിഷേധാത്മകമായ, പരാജയമനസ്ഥിതിയുള്ള, ദോഷദർശ സ്വഭാവമായ
- easy-going, relaxed, easy
- സ്വസ്ഥമായ, മന്ഥര, അലസമായ, ലാഘവത്തോടെയുള്ള, ഗൗരവമില്ലാത്ത, ഉത്കണ്ഠയില്ലാത്ത
Antonyms of downbeat
Forms of downbeat
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | downbeats |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more downbeat |
| superlative | most downbeat |
Origin of downbeat
From down + beat.
Earlier downbeaten, from the phrasal verb beat down
Words that rhyme with downbeat
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- entreat
- fleet
- retreat
- treat
- complete
- conceit
- repeat
- concrete
- discrete
- bittersweet
- suite
- cheat
- cleat
- deceit
- greet
- unseat
- compete
- defeat
- delete
- effete
- elite
- escheat
- indiscrete
- leet
- pleat
- skeet
- sleet
- accrete
- beet
- bleat
- gleet
- ifrit
- incomplete
- overeat
- overheat
- petite
- replete
- superheat
- teat
- tweet
- wheat
- yeet
- Bereshit
- Bow Street
- Crete
- discreet
- jeet
- keet
Questions about downbeat
- What does downbeat mean?
- Downbeat means the accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
- What is downbeat in Malayalam?
- Downbeat in Malayalam is വിഷാദാത്മകമായ, ശുഭാപ്തിവിശ്വാസമില്ലാത്ത, മനസ്സിനു വാട്ടം തട്ടിയ. See Downbeat meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is downbeat?
- Downbeat can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce downbeat?
- Downbeat is pronounced /ˈdaʊnbiːt/.
- What is the plural of downbeat?
- The plural of downbeat is downbeats.
Words near downbeat in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: downbeat (page history and authors); downbeat (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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