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something (as a situation or event) that is depressing
- that story of drug addiction was a real downer
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“Downer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downer. Accessed 5 Jul. 2020.
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The first known use of downer was in 1886
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