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down
Synonyms and Antonyms of down
- eight down and two to go
- feeling a bit down
bad, blue, brokenhearted, cast down, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, doleful, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, droopy, forlorn, gloomy, glum, hangdog, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, heavyhearted, inconsolable, joyless, low, low-spirited, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched
aggrieved, distressed, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, worried
disappointed, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited
dolorous, lachrymose, lugubrious, plaintive, tearful
agonized, anguished, grieving, wailing, weeping
black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, desolate, dismal, drear, dreary, elegiac (also elegiacal), funereal, gray (also grey), morbid, morose, murky, saturnine, somber (or sombre), sullen
ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, overjoyed, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical)
blithe, blithesome, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, lightsome, merry, mirthful
hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine
animated, bouncing, energetic, frisky, jaunty, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy
content, gratified, pleased, satisfied
beaming, grinning, laughing, smiling
boon, carefree, careless, cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned
- down with the flu
- while my computer was down, I attended to some unfinished odds and ends lying about my cubicle
effective, effectual, employable, performing, producing, productive, serving, usable (also useable), useful, viable, workable
- a small jazz club that showcases some really down musicians
A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner, beautiful, blue-chip, blue-ribbon, boffo, bonny (also bonnie) [chiefly British], boss [slang], brag, brave, bully, bumper, capital, choice, classic, cool [slang], corking, crackerjack, cracking, dandy, divine, dope [slang], dynamite, excellent, fab, fabulous, famous, fantabulous [slang], fantastic, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, four-star, frontline, gangbusters (also gangbuster), gilt-edged (or gilt-edge), gone [slang], grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-class, hot, hype [slang], immense, jim-dandy, keen, lovely, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, out-of-sight [slang], par excellence, peachy, peachy keen, phat [slang], prime, primo [slang], prize, prizewinning, quality, radical [slang], righteous [slang], sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, top-of-the-line, top-shelf, topflight, topping [chiefly British], unsurpassed, wizard [chiefly British], wonderful
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, good, OK (or okay), passable, satisfactory, tolerable
better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, high-test, premium, select, special, superfine
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- lately it's been one down after another in my life
- I don't understand why she'd have such a down against me; we've never even spoken to each other!
- for years after the war her grandfather had an unshakable down on the Germans
- suffered with a psychological disorder in which she alternated between emotional ups and downs
- experienced the ups and downs of a career in showbiz
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- hold a festival on the downs
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- downed his opponent with one stunning blow
- downing slices of pizza and guzzling bottles of soda
- all attempts to ban indoor smoking had been downed by the town council
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