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up·beat
 upbeat
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
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bit
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(informal) optimistic and cheery.
The story gave me an upbeat feeling about the future.The tone of her recent letter was much more upbeat than in her last.- antonyms:
- pessimistic
- similar words:
- sanguine
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carefree, chipper, hopeful, lighthearted, optimistic, positive, rosy |
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noun |
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bit
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in music, an unaccented beat, esp. before a downbeat, or the upward movement of a conductor's arm used to indicate this beat.
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