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
Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Surveys suggest that consumers also have turned much more downbeat about the outlook, fueling concern that this pessimism will eventually translate to less spending.
—Colby Smith, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 May 2025
The first act is genuinely atrocious, a mess of story threads revolving around an uninteresting villain in the AI Entity that feels far too downbeat and sad for this franchise.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 May 2025
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Adjective
Even a second-act nighttime scene in a Parisian downpour is far from downbeat.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Surveys suggest that consumers also have turned much more downbeat about the outlook, fueling concern that this pessimism will eventually translate to less spending.
—Colby Smith, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Noun
Both cumbersome and downbeat, Final Reckoning raises the global stakes but suffers from pitting Ethan and the gang against a faceless, personality-free foe, an AI villain named the Entity introduced in the previous film.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 May 2025
The first act is genuinely atrocious, a mess of story threads revolving around an uninteresting villain in the AI Entity that feels far too downbeat and sad for this franchise.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downbeat
Adjective
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In a time when the suffering and seemingly hopeless prospects of America’s poor are known to all who have eyes to see, the only fig leaf available to hide the obscenity of this bill is the old partisan charge of waste, fraud and abuse.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Valentine, Texas, stamps 10,000+ love letters each year For more than three decades, the small-town Valentine Post Office — also known as the Love Station — has processed thousands of love letters from hopeless romantics around the world.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Unlike fiat currency, gold and silver reserves cannot be printed or expanded to stimulate economic growth during downturns.—
Luciano Duque,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 July 2025
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Yet, equity markets are running on hopes of central bank easing and a belief that political leaders will swerve at the last moment, appearing to ignore the risk of a significant economic downturn, according to Bank of America.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Created by cartoonist Jim Davis, the Garfield comic strip debuted in June 1978 and follows the cynical and lazy orange cat and his interactions with his owner, Jon Arbuckle, and fellow pet Odie, the lovable dog.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 July 2025
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The cynical view would be that Trump is looking for a reason to have federal troops join ICE in rounding up undocumented immigrants that Mamdani tries to protect, and to arrest local officials who get in their way.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Even top producers should expect a slowdown in the first few months.—
Drew Gurley,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The seeming slowdown in hate speech monitoring comes as antisemitic harassment, vandalism, and assault are on the rise in the United States and globally, the Anti-Defamation League reported, with 2024 deemed a peak year for antisemitism.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Tennesseans are generally, and understandably, pessimistic.—
Andrea Williams,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Veteran workers, in contrast, are more pessimistic about the tools and the impact of AI on their jobs, according to surveys.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Everyone knows the main culprit for this downswing: an offensive line that sprung holes, especially on the edge.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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Aside from reactions to Musk’s political turn, markets have not looked kindly at Tesla for about a year, as the company’s vehicle deliveries, model development and progress on consumer cars have all been on the downswing.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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Some traders said the numbers were less severe than analysts' bleak forecasts.—
Sabrina Valle,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
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No one is as funny and as bleak in the same sentence, or maybe even the same word.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Independent and third-party share has generally increased consistently from 23.4% in 2000 to 32% in 2025, with slight stagnation in growth from 2004 to 2008.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
2 July 2025
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That contrasted with views for more stagnation in Europe and further slowing in China.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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“Downbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downbeat. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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