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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Downbeat"

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Word	Definition
nystagmusnoun	(pathology) rapid involuntary eye movement, usually lateral
pessimistic	Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
sadverb	Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
glumnoun	Despondent; moody; sullen.
accentnoun	(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
downstrokenoun	A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
thesisnoun	(by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.
acciaccaturanoun	(music) A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (Sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a short appoggiatura, but in Baroque music interpreted differently and more strictly.) Written as a note lighter in appearance, typically a quaver (eighth note), with an oblique stroke through the stem.
underscoreverb	(transitive) To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
diminuendonoun	(music) A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
understrokenoun	A lower or underlining stroke in writing.
bar linenoun	(music) A vertical line in musical notation used to separate two bars or measures.
adagionoun	(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
accent marknoun	(linguistics, strictly) A diacritical mark or character used in writing to indicate the place of stress (spoken accent), or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked (such as long vowel versus short vowel).
bass notenoun	(of a chord or sonority) The lowest note played or notated.
beamnoun	A broad smile.
dotted bar linenoun	A symbol in musical notation used to subdivide long measures into shorter segments for ease of reading.
agitatonoun	(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a restless agitated style.
additionnoun	(uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding.
acciacaturanoun	Misspelling of acciaccatura. [(music) A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (Sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a short appoggiatura, but in Baroque music interpreted differently and more strictly.) Written as a note lighter in appearance, typically a quaver (eighth note), with an oblique stroke through the stem.]