| Main Entry: | downbeat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pessimistic |
Synonyms: |
cheerless, defeatist, dejected, dispirited, gloomy, hopeless, negative, unhappy, unhopeful |
| Notes: | an emphasized beat is the downbeat and unemphasized beat is upbeat |
| Main Entry: | discouraged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disheartened |
Synonyms: |
beat, beat-down, blue, caved-in, come-apart, crestfallen, dashed, daunted, depressed, deterred, dismayed, dispirited, down, down-in-mouth, downbeat, downcast, glum*, gone to pieces, in a funk, in blue funk, in the dumps, lost momentum, pessimistic, sad |
Antonyms: |
encouraged, heartened, inspired |
| Main Entry: | dispirited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dejected, sad |
Synonyms: |
blue*, bummed-out, crestfallen, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, down*, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, dragged, funky*, gloomy, glum, in the doldrums, low, melancholy, morose, shot-down, spiritless, woebegone |
Antonyms: |
encouraged, enthused, happy, heartened, inspirited |
| Main Entry: | melancholy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, sad |
Synonyms: |
blue*, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, dolorous, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, down*, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, dragged, droopy, funereal, gloomy, glum, grim, heavyhearted, in blue funk, joyless, lachrymose, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, mirthless, miserable, moody, moony, mournful, pensive, saddened, saddening, somber, sorrowful, sorry*, torn up, trite, unhappy, wet blanket, wistful, woebegone, woeful |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, happy, joyful |
| Main Entry: | pace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed, tempo of motion |
Synonyms: |
beat, bounce, celerity, clip, downbeat, lick*, momentum, motion, movement, progress, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rate, swiftness, time, velocity |
| Main Entry: | rhythm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beat, accent of sound, music |
Synonyms: |
bounce, cadence, cadency, downbeat, flow, lilt, measure, meter, metre, movement, pattern, periodicity, pulse, regularity, rhyme, rise and fall, swing, tempo, time, uniformity |
| Main Entry: | serious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | somber, humorless |
Synonyms: |
austere, bound, bound and determined, businesslike, cold sober, contemplative, deadpan, deliberate, determined, downbeat, earnest, funereal, genuine, go for broke, grave, grim, honest, intent, long-faced, meditative, no-nonsense, pensive, pokerfaced, reflective, resolute, resolved, sedate, set, severe, sincere, sober, solemn, staid, steady, stern, thoughtful, unhumorous, unsmiling, weighty |
Antonyms: |
flippant, funny, happy, light |
| Main Entry: | solemn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet, serious |
Synonyms: |
austere, brooding, cold sober, deliberate, dignified, downbeat, earnest, funereal, glum, grave, heavy, intense, matter of life and death, moody, no fooling, no-nonsense, pensive, portentous, reflective, sedate, sober, somber, staid, stern, thoughtful, weighty |
Antonyms: |
frivolous, funny, laughing, light |
| Main Entry: | tempo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beat, rhythm |
Synonyms: |
bounce, cadence, downbeat, measure, meter, momentum, pace, pulse, rate, speed, time, velocity |
| Main Entry: | unhappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad |
Synonyms: |
bleak, bleeding, blue*, bummed out, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, down and out, down in the mouth, down*, downbeat, downcast, dragged, dreary, gloomy, grim, heavy-hearted, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, let-down, long-faced, low, melancholy, mirthless, miserable, mournful, oppressive, put away, ripped, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, teary, troubled |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, glad, happy, joyous |