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upbeat

upbeat

See also: up-beat

English

Alternative forms

up-beat

Adjective

upbeat ‎(comparative more upbeat, superlative most upbeat)

Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat.
The notes are easy, but it's an upbeat tune and should be played fairly quickly.
Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.

Though he had bad news, he ended with an upbeat forecast for the future.

He sounded upbeat when I talked to him.

Antonyms

(optimistic): downbeat

Translations

Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat

Finnish: nopeatempoinen, nopea (fi)
German: (colloquial, music) peppig

Swedish: livad, upptempo
Turkish: vurgusuz tempolu

Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.

Finnish: myönteinen (fi), optimistinen (fi)
French: optimiste (fr)
German: fröhlich (de), optimistisch (de), heiter und zuversichtlich gestimmt
Russian: жизнера́достный (ru) ‎(žiznerádostnyj), бо́дрый (ru) ‎(bódryj)

Spanish: optimista (es), positivo (es)
Swedish: munter (sv), positiv (sv), upprymd (sv), uppspelt (sv), uppåt (sv), pigg (sv)
Turkish: iyimser (tr), neşeli (tr)

Noun

upbeat ‎(plural upbeats)

An unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase.

Translations

unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase

German: Auftakt (de) m

Anagrams

beat up, beat-up