downer

noun

ˈdau̇-nər How to pronounce downer (audio)
Definition of downernext
as in accident
something (as a situation or event) that is depressing that story of drug addiction was a real downer

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Recent Examples of downer That’s not to say that this album is a downer, by any means. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2026 Learning to identify these downer moments and replace them with positive images is really empowering and can make your days more enjoyable. — Barton Goldsmith, AJC.com, 6 May 2026 Upper’s a downer But Blue Origin could not celebrate the achievement for long. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 Apr. 2026 What’s good for United could be a downer for travelers, and traditionally, anything that shrinks the list of rivals linking the same two metros from a longer roster to just one or two raises red flags for regulators. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for downer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downer
  1. accident
  2. bore
  3. down
  4. bummer
Noun
  • The accident occurred while the plane was conducting a sightseeing flight and preparing to begin its ​return journey, according to police reports to local press.
    — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026
  • This is not an accident; Schwarber was forced to alter his routine in late June when an unspecified lower back injury sidelined him for two days.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of accident
Noun
  • Female flies bore into the fig to lay their eggs, which hatch out as larvae inside the fruit and eat the unripe insides before burrowing their way out.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • At the head of the lead breakaway group, the Ecuadorian bore the brunt of issues — he was nearly taken out by the Shimano neutral service vehicle, and had to slow due to the number of fans having shaken Kuss from his wheel with five kilometres left.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of bore
Noun
  • Before his interception Monday against Sutton, Moss broke up back-to-back Nix passes during a third-down drill in Saturday’s practice.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a new owner of Hot Dog on a Stick, which has experienced plenty of financial ups and downs since the 1991 death of its founder, David Barham.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of down
Noun
  • The only bummer is the Pocketbyte is still very much in the works.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026
  • If a team wins, their GM must be smarter than everyone else because the idea that everyone is basically rolling the same dice and flipping the same coins and some guys are just getting luckier on the results is kind of a bummer.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of bummer

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