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down side

ADJECTIVE

adverse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conflicting detrimental disadvantageous inimical injurious negative unfortunate unfriendly

WEAK

allergic to contrary down on have no use for inopportune opposed opposing opposite oppugning ornery reluctant repugnant stuffy unlucky unpropitious unwilling

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantageous assisting beneficial friendly good helpful kind nice

WEAK

aiding auspicious favorable fortunate lucky propitious

Example Sentences

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On the down side, however, has been residential construction and autos, according to Spence.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025

“They will show you a really cool illustration, and the dad and the daughter will break it down side by side” so that the child watching can learn to draw it, too.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2024

There's a down side to "smart" devices: They can be hacked.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

On the down side for Scotland, Ireland will have looked at dropped balls, missed touch finds and a couple of iffy lineouts with interest, but mostly it was one-way traffic.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2023

We sat down side by side on the round bed.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

down side

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