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UPBEAT Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word upbeat. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For UPBEAT

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downbeat
adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj
noun

• the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward)

bleak
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• offering little or no hope

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• unpleasantly cold and damp

despondent
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• without or almost without hope

discouraged
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• made less hopeful or enthusiastic

• lacking in resolution

disheartened
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• made less hopeful or enthusiastic

dismal
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• causing dejection

gloomy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

hopeless
adjectiveadj
adjective

• without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success

adjective satellite

• of a person unable to do something skillfully

• certain to fail

• (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform

negative
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features

• expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

• not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition

• reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive

noun

• a reply of denial

• a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

adjective satellite

• having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant

• less than zero

• designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

• having a negative charge

• involving disadvantage or harm

verb

• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

pessimistic
adjectiveadj
adjective

• expecting the worst possible outcome

Alternatives for BLEAK

Alternatives for DESPONDENT

Alternatives for DISCOURAGED

Alternatives for DISHEARTENED

Alternatives for DISMAL

Alternatives for GLOOMY

Alternatives for HOPELESS

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