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
Darren Franich, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
However, Jim has been downbeat on the Google parent, which has lately been weighed down by multiple antitrust cases and the ongoing threat from AI chatbots biting into its dominance in search.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
Tom Roland, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2025
The outperformance comes as a surprise to many, especially given former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi’s downbeat assessment of European competitiveness just six months ago.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The Remake Age started with a couple of movies that weren’t remakes at all: 2010’s Alice in Wonderland was a downbeat sequel and 2014’s Maleficent an upside-down Sleeping Beauty.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
However, Jim has been downbeat on the Google parent, which has lately been weighed down by multiple antitrust cases and the ongoing threat from AI chatbots biting into its dominance in search.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
And the phrases in the singalong chorus generally start on the second beat of a measure, leading to the downbeat of the next bar; thus, they’re built from musical pickups.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2025
The outperformance comes as a surprise to many, especially given former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi’s downbeat assessment of European competitiveness just six months ago.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downbeat
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Feeling hopeless in her quest to stop Crawford and help Delia get her life back, Elsbeth confronts the boastful judge, who is riding high on his rising star and his triumph over her.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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Chelsea Smith thought that celebrities, feeling empty and hopeless even with all their success, could benefit from the Gospel.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2025
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But amid rising inflation, a mounting trade war with countries like China and Canada, and concerns about a recession, polls show that voters no longer trust Trump on the economy, with his approval ratings on the topic taking a sharp downturn over the month of April, according to a series of polls.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Chavez also pointed out that the current market downturn amid the selling is an outlier.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Lee’s cynical cardsharp of a brother, Julius (Jacob Elordi), was meant to be part of that dream move, but the call of gambling takes Julius to Las Vegas instead.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Now, posters are more cynical and there’s a fatalist bent to the conversations that wasn’t there before.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2025
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Third, the slowdown in China, once luxury’s golden engine.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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As reported, Mulberry has been hit by a progressive slowdown in fashion and luxury spending over the past 18 months similar to its peers.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Both predictions are more pessimistic than the fund’s January projections, which came before Trump’s flurry of tariff announcements took America’s average import tax to its highest level in a century.—
Olesya Dmitracova,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025
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This marks the most pessimistic attitude on jobs that Gallup has recorded since January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Whisky always overshoots on the upswing and undershoots on the downswing.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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The downswings are still violent, but the outperformance is massive.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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The observations from Drewry’s and Moody’s, as well as the scenario floated by McCown, follow a bleak outlook for the middle of May out of the biggest port in the U.S.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Apr. 2025
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Complicating matters further is a bleak hydrological outlook.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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The report's findings point to stagnation in earnings potential for graduates in traditionally high-enrollment fields such as communications and social sciences, raising questions for students weighing the return on their educational investment.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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Iran is seeking relief from U.S. sanctions and investment boycotts that have contributed to the nation’s economic stagnation.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Downbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downbeat. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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