Associations to the word «Downbeat»

Wiktionary

DOWNBEAT, noun. (music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke)
DOWNBEAT, adjective. Sad or pessimistic

Dictionary definition

DOWNBEAT, noun. The first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward).

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin