downer
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈdaʊnər/
- Informal
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bajón
- The news can be a huge downer sometimes.
- a real downer
- a bit of a downer
- kind of downer
The tubing kind of look that can you be less of a downer?
- The tubing kind of look that can you be less of a downer?
- But fighting is it's the biggest up in the world, but also the biggest downer.
Examples
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Sorry it's such a downer for a few other people here.
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-It's a bit of a downer, actually.
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I hate to be a downer, but it's getting really late.
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Great video... sorry to put a downer on it!
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It's a little bit of a downer.
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For a man used to being in charge of a team, retirement can be a downer.
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I don't mean to be a downer or anything but I was actually thinking of taking a rain check on this whole trip thing.
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Hate to be a downer, but this is complete and utter nonsense.
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Sorry to be a bit of a downer; I will be interested to hear what you think, perhaps offline sometime.
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Everyone enjoyed the party until Sarah made a downer comment about the weather.
Synonyms
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7.2
An event that makes you feel disappointed or frustrated
A person or thing that makes a situation less exciting
Compounds
How Depressing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Downer comes from down ('sad' or 'lower') and the ending -er, meaning 'something that brings you down'. So a downer is something that makes you feel sad or disappointed.