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
And while all that sounds like a downer, the researchers found Gen Z to be rather optimistic.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
That downer of a season led to a national search for a new coach, leading to Bibby, the former Sacramento Kings guard.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2025
But after his detour into downer classics like Tonight’s the Night, Young was ready to throw those folks some red meat.
—Chris Stanton, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
The film, in its trivial way, exudes a dyspeptic downer vibe, the result of everyone in it being so testy and unpleasant.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
That downer of a season led to a national search for a new coach, leading to Bibby, the former Sacramento Kings guard.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2025
But after his detour into downer classics like Tonight’s the Night, Young was ready to throw those folks some red meat.
—Chris Stanton, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
The film, in its trivial way, exudes a dyspeptic downer vibe, the result of everyone in it being so testy and unpleasant.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downer
Noun
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It has not been involved in major accidents before now, and is a workhorse of long-haul flights.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
13 June 2025
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This is Kweller’s first new album since his sixteen-year-old son, Dorian, was killed in a car accident two years ago, and the song is suffused with grief, though not in a particularly explicit way.—
Marina Harss,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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Ash Lazarus Orr, a spokesperson for Advocates for Trans Equality, said the language of Mr. Trump's executive orders bore similarities to orders and legislation coming out of state capitals.—
Graham Kates,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Moto Morini The new parallel-twin engine features the same bore size as the 650, at 83 mm, while the stroke has increased from 60 to 64 mm.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Apr. 2025
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Israel, accurately, calls Hamas a client of Iran, though the relationship has had its ups and downs.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Among the entities helping spark such experiences is Sage, one of New York City’s most venerable owner-operators of premium office space, and a fourth-generation company that has withstood the volatile ups and downs of the office market for more than a century.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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At the time, did you guys view Shane’s near-instant firing from Saturday Night Live a bummer or a blessing?—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
5 June 2025
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The result is a vivid, surprisingly varied range of bummers, both domestic and foreign, many of them exquisite in their stoic but not heartless dramatizations of a world out to get you, somehow, with forces of doom snaking through the narratives.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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“Downer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downer. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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