downside

English

Etymology

Compound of down +‎ side.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

downside (plural downsides)

1. A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.

   The downside of obtaining a higher rank is that far more work is expected.

2. A downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc.

Antonyms

• upside

Translations

disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous

• Bulgarian: недостатък (bg) m (nedostatǎk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 負面／负面 (zh) (fùmiàn), 负面 (zh) (fùmiàn), 缺點／缺点 (zh) (quēdiǎn), 缺点 (zh) (quēdiǎn)

• Dutch: schaduwzijde (nl)
• Finnish: haittapuoli, huono puoli, varjopuoli
• German: Kehrseite (de) f, Nachteil (de) m, Schattenseite (de) f
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• Hungarian: valaminek a rossz oldala, hátrány (hu), árnyoldal (hu), buktató (hu)
• Italian: il rovescio della medaglia m, lato negativo m
• Slovak: slabina (sk), nevýhoda
• Spanish: inconveniente (es)
• Swedish: avigsida (sv) c, baksida (sv) c
• Turkish: dezavantaj (tr)

downward tendency

• Finnish: laskusuuntaus, laskusuunta
• German: Abwärtsbewegung (de) f, Abwärtstrend (de) m, Abschwächung (de) f
• Hungarian: csökkenő tendencia
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• Turkish: zarar (tr), zarar beklentisi

Anagrams

• disendow, disowned