upbeat

²upbeat

adj

Definition of UPBEAT

: cheerful, optimistic <I'm feeling upbeat today>

Examples of UPBEAT

1. I like a story with an upbeat ending.
2. I tried to stay upbeat about losing the election.

First Known Use of UPBEAT

1947

Related to UPBEAT

Synonyms: blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, canty [British dialect], cheery, chipper, eupeptic, gay, gladsome, lightsome, sunny, cheerful, winsome

Antonyms: dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, sullen

Related Words: hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine; animated, chirpy, jaunty, lilting, lively, perky, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious; carefree, careless, cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned; boon, gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful; blissful, delighted, glad, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, tickled; beaming, grinning, laughing, smiling

Near Antonyms: joyless, sad, unhappy, unsatisfied; dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid; blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, down, downcast, downhearted, droopy, forlorn, hangdog, heavyhearted, inconsolable, low, low-spirited, melancholy, mirthless, sorrowful

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