downbeat

English

Etymology

down- +‎ beat

Noun

downbeat (plural downbeats)

1. (music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke)

Related terms

• afterbeat

Translations

accented beat

• French: temps fort (fr)

Adjective

downbeat (comparative more downbeat, superlative most downbeat)

1. sad or pessimistic

Translations

sad

• Bulgarian: мрачен (bg) (mračen), песимистичен (bg) (pesimističen)
• Finnish: synkkä (fi), pessimistinen (fi)

• German: pessimistisch (de)
• Turkish: karamsar (tr), kötümser (tr)

Antonyms

• upbeat

Anagrams

• beatdown, beat down