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downbeat

adjective as in pessimistic

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The crowd was already downbeat.

The desolation of Kristofferson's downbeat delivery tells you this song is about much more than a bad hangover.

From BBC

From the first downbeat to the last, audience members danced and bobbed their heads, bearing a resemblance to the nearby ocean.

Whisked out to Los Angeles and signed to Atlantic Records, she released her first EP, a downbeat, singer-songwriter affair, in 2017.

From BBC

The last days of the San Francisco Nordstrom, known for its shoes and its service, were downbeat.

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