as in accident
something (as a situation or event) that is depressing
that story of drug addiction was a real downer
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Recent Examples of downer
Arrietty has a bit of a downer episode, after a solid second-place showing last week.
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Amer, who created the series with Ramy auteur Ramy Youssef, spends enough time in this hellish place to make his point about its pointless cruelty but moves on before the new season of Mo becomes an unmitigated downer.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Feb. 2025
Perhaps part of the problem was the downer premise: a broke Phyllis moves in with her San Francisco in-laws and struggles to find a job following the death of her dermatologist husband.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Juror #2, Eastwood’s latest drama (and, given his age, possibly his last), seems for a while to be building toward a characteristically bleak punctuation, yet another classic Clint downer of a dénouement.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Amer, who created the series with Ramy auteur Ramy Youssef, spends enough time in this hellish place to make his point about its pointless cruelty but moves on before the new season of Mo becomes an unmitigated downer.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Feb. 2025
Perhaps part of the problem was the downer premise: a broke Phyllis moves in with her San Francisco in-laws and struggles to find a job following the death of her dermatologist husband.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Juror #2, Eastwood’s latest drama (and, given his age, possibly his last), seems for a while to be building toward a characteristically bleak punctuation, yet another classic Clint downer of a dénouement.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downer
Noun
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Only two new plants have been started since that accident.—
David Pogue,
CBS News,
9 Mar. 2025
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The tragic accident over the Potomac River on Jan. 29 was the first major commercial airline accident in 16 years.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the rush to create newer, faster, more monetizable technologies — and to enable the kind of corporate empires whose chief executives stood beside Donald Trump at his inauguration — privacy and safety regulations seemed like a bore.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Again, the temperature rose far earlier than expected, and the KTB team was also surprised to find that the rock at this depth was not solid, and large amounts of fluid and gas were pouring into the bore hole to complicate the effort further.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Riders were miked so that viewers could experience all the ups and downs of the day alongside them.—
Michelle Bruton,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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The fan-favorite Frick and Frack duo is reuniting this season after years of ups and downs.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
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Yeah, the winner is a bummer — Stefan was robbed — but the journey getting there is a riot.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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As bleak as its perspective on movie-making circa 2025 can be, The Studio is never a bummer.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Downer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downer. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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