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Nouns (16)

down

n. (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards"

down

n. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

down

n. soft fine feathers

down

n. a computer system failing because of an error in hardware or software

move

n. the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"

move

n. the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire"

move, turn

n. (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game

move, motion, movement, change of location

n. the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

move, motion, movement, change of position

n. a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"

Verbs (62)

v. raise; "up the ante"

down

v. bring down or defeat (an opponent)

move

v. go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"

move

v. dispose of by selling; "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"

move, be active

v. be in a state of action; "she is always moving"

move, go

v. have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"

move, arouse pity in

v. arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all"

move, change position

v. move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

move, work

v. move in an agitated manner; "His fingers worked with tension"

move, change residence

v. change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"

move, transfer

v. term used in word processing and graphics for relocating text and images

down, consume, go through, devour

v. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

down, land, shoot down

v. shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

move, run, go

v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

move, propose formally, make a motion

v. propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting

move, prompt, incite, motivate

v. give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

move, travel, go, locomote

v. change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

move, displace, make move

v. cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

move, go, proceed

v. follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"

down, cut down, knock down, pull down, push down

v. cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

strike, impress, move, affect, make an impression on

v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

kill, down, bolt down, toss off, belt down, drink down, pour down

v. drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"

Adverbs (8)

down, towards the South

adv. away from a more northerly place: "They came down for the wedding"

up, upward, upwards

adv. spatially, temporally, or metaphorically up :"Look up!" "Let's move the date up"; "The music surged up"

down, along, right along

adv. in the direction of: "He hit the ball down the line"

Adjectives (36)

adj. used up; "time is up"

adj. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"

adj. open; "the windows are up"

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

down

adj. shut; "the shades were down"

down

adj. being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth"

down

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

up, improving

adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

down, depressed

adj. lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"

down, declining

adj. becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market"

up, astir, out of bed

adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"

up, upbound, upward

adj. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

down, dead, out of service, crashed

adj. being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth"

down, mastered, down pat

adj. understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down"

down, downbound, downward

adj. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"

down, downcast, low, depressed, dispirited, downhearted, low-spirited

adj. low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

Fuzzynyms (406)

traffic

n. buying and selling; especially illicit trade

transportation, shipping, transport

n. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

translation, transformation

n. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"

passage, transition

n. the act of passing from one state or place to the next

division, partition, partitioning, segmentation, subdivision

n. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

division

n. the act or process of dividing

operation

n. a planned activity involving many people performing various actions; "they organized a rescue operation"; "the biggest police operation in French history"; "running a restaurant is quite an operation"; "consolidate the companies various operations"

traffic

n. buying and selling; especially illicit trade

transportation, shipping, transport

n. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

travel, traveling, travelling

n. the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"

locomotion, travel

n. self-propelled movement

go, proceed

v. follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"

move, run, go

v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

move, go, proceed

move, travel, go, locomote

progress, advance, get on, come along, come on, make progress, shape up, get along

v. develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

progress, advance, go on, move on, pass on, march on

v. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

twist, wriggle, squirm, wrestle, worm, writhe

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

work, exercise

v. give a workout to; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"

emigrate, leave a country

v. leave one's country of residence for a new one; "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period"

empty, abandon, vacate

v. leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"

resettle, settle anew

v. settle in a new place; "The immigrants had to resettle"

shift, transfer, move around

v. move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"

sup, dine, host for dinner, give dinner

v. give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends"

sup, dine, eat dinner, have dinner

v. have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"

swallow, get down, pass through the esophagus

v. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

run through, exhaust, wipe out, consume, deplete, run out of, use up, eat into

v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

grub, give, feed, give food to

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

feed on, feed upon

v. be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"

feast, feed

v. gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"

binge, stuff, glut, gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, englut, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, satiate, pig out, scarf out, pok out

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"

guzzle, drink greedily

v. drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"

expend, spend

v. pay out; "spend money"

waste, blow, squander

v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

go, proceed

v. follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"

move, go

v. have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"

move, go, proceed

move, travel, go, locomote

progress, advance, get on, come along, come on, make progress, shape up, get along

v. develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

progress, advance, go on, move on, pass on, march on

v. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

retire, go into retirement

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

withdraw, bow out

v. retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

awaken, waken, wake up, arouse

v. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

hum, thrum

v. sound with a monotonous hum

move, displace, make move

act, move, take a step, take action, take steps, take measures, perform an action, do something

v. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

murmur, speak softly, speak indistinctly

v. speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"

start, begin, commence, start up, embark on, get off the ground

v. get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

generate, bring forth, bring into being

v. bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"

start, initiate, originate

v. bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"

trip, trigger, spark, activate, set off, actuate, spark off, trigger off, touch off

v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

cheer, hearten, embolden

v. give encouragement to

stir up, agitate, foment

v. try to stir up public opinion

rush, stimulate, hasten, induce

v. cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

precipitate

v. bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"

excite, arouse a feeling

v. arouse or elicit a feeling

force out, rout out, drive out, rouse

v. force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

encourage, give courage to, be encouraging to

v. inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

sire, mother, father, beget, engender, generate, bring forth

v. make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

go, proceed

v. follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"

move, go

v. have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"

move, run, go

v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

move, go, proceed

progress, advance, get on, come along, come on, make progress, shape up, get along

v. develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

leave, go away, go forth

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

retire, put out

v. cause to be out on a fielding play

hold, keep, maintain

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

hum, thrum

v. sound with a monotonous hum

murmur, speak softly, speak indistinctly

v. speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"

trek, go trekking

v. go trekking

disjoint, disarticulate

v. separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"

disjoin, disjoint, make disjoint

v. make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

replace, put back

v. put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"

drag, haul, cart

v. draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"

drag, draw, shlep, pull along

v. pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"

replace, supplant, supersede, supervene upon

v. take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

hum, thrum

v. sound with a monotonous hum

move, run, go

v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

act, move, take a step, take action, take steps, take measures, perform an action, do something

murmur, speak softly, speak indistinctly

v. speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"

go, proceed

v. follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"

move, go

v. have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"

move, run, go

v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

move, travel, go, locomote

progress, advance, get on, come along, come on, make progress, shape up, get along

v. develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

progress, advance, go on, move on, pass on, march on

v. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

tackle, take on, come to grips with, undertake

v. accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"

fell, drop, cut down, strike down

v. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

trip, travel, jaunt, take trips, make a trip, take a trip

v. make a trip for pleasure

tumble, topple

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

excite, agitate, commove, charge up

v. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

click, get through, come home to, penetrate, dawn on, sink in, click with, get across, came to, fall into place

v. be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

animate, enliven, invigorate, inspire, exalt

v. heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"

shape, influence, regulate, determine

v. shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"

overwhelm, overcome, overpower, overtake, whelm, sweep over

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

shift, careen, sway, tilt, wobble

v. move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

fire, arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

failing

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

high, heavy, big, violent

adj. marked by intense physical force: "a big wind"; "a violent squall"; "heavy seas"; "high winds"

tame, tamed

adj. brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"

unhappy, sad

adj. experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"

distressed, dysphoric, unhappy

adj. generalized feeling of distress

hopeless

adj. without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"

gloomy, dismal, sorry

adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

wasted, haggard, drawn, careworn, worn

adj. showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens

melancholy, melancholic

adj. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

desperate, forlorn

adj. "a hopeless attempt"

miserable, wretched, execrable, deplorable, woeful

adj. of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

discouraged, demoralized, disheartened

adj. made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"

low

adj. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"

irreparable

adj. impossible to repair, rectify, or amend; "irreparable harm"; "an irreparable mistake"; "irreparable damages"

unhappy, saddening, doleful

adj. causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"

gloomy, funereal, sepulchral

adj. suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones"

Synonyms (130)

recede, pull away, move away

v. move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

move out

v. move out of one's old house or office

climb, mount, go up, climb up

v. go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"

pass, lapse, go by, go along, elapse, glide by, slip away, slide by, slip by

v. pass by; "three years elapsed"

bolt, go off, run off, decamp, abscond, absquatulate

v. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

go out, become unfashionable, go out of fashion

v. go out of fashion; become unfashionable

set, go down, go under

v. disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days"

decline, go down

v. go down; "The roof declines here"

continue, go on, proceed, carry on

v. continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

tour, travel around

v. make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence this summer"

travel around, peregrinate

v. travel around, through, or over, especially on foot; "peregrinate the bridge"

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

pour, cause to run

v. cause to run; "pour water over the floor"

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

running, working, operative, functional

adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"

elevated

adj. raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"

upraised, lifted

adj. held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"

ascending

adj. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

high

adj. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

descending

adj. coming down or downward

low

adj. literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"

bull

adj. characterized by rising prices: "a bull market"

emerging

adj. coming to maturity; "the rising generation"

debased, devalued, degraded

adj. lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency"

low-level

adj. not intense; "low-level radiation"

reduced, rock-bottom

adj. well below normal (especially in price)

poor

adj. unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"

insomniac, sleepless, wakeful

adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare

unsleeping, wide-awake

adj. fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"

waking

adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"

uphill, acclivitous, upward-sloping

adj. sloping upward

ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

assurgent

adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

assurgent

adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

climbing, scandent

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

soaring

adj. "a soaring eagle"

bad, defective

adj. not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"

clean

adj. without difficulties or problems; "a clean test flight"

complete, consummate

adj. perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"

errorless

adj. free from error; "an errorless baseball game"

exact, precise

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

faultless, impeccable

adj. without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record"

unblemished, flawless, unflawed

adj. without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone"

ideal

adj. conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal

idealized

adj. exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence

idyllic

adj. excellent and delightful in all respects; "an idyllic spot for a picnic"

mint

adj. as if new; "in mint condition"

on the button, on the nose

adj. being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button"

perfectible

adj. capable of becoming or being made perfect

pluperfect

adj. more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision"

downhill, declivitous, downward-sloping

adj. sloping down rather steeply

degressive

adj. going down by steps

descendant, descendent

adj. going or coming down

amort

adj. utterly cast down

chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated

adj. brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually"

long-faced, gloomy, glum

adj. reflecting gloom; "gloomy faces"

lonely, lonesome

adj. marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar"

Antonyms (37)

stop, stoppage

n. the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

rest, repose, be quiescent

v. be at rest

be immobile, be fixed, stand still, hold still

v. remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by"

play

v. cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space; "The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack"

stay, stick, stick around, stay put

v. stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"

stay, rest, remain, continue

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

stay in place

v. be stationary

stay, stick, stick around, stay put

v. stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"

fix, deposit, pose, posit, situate

v. put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

down

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

elated

adj. exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited"

cheerful

adj. being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

happy

adj. enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"

happy, euphoric

adj. exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation

encouraged, bucked up

adj. inspired with confidence; "felt bucked up by his success"

move up and down

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