upbeat



upbeat

mod. bright and cheery; not negative. (Compare this with downbeat.) I’d prefer to open the conference with an upbeat topic.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jeltsje-Frisian, Dutch
JesusJEE-zəs (English)Theology, Biblical
Niviarsiaq-Native American, Greenlandic
WarrickWAWR-ik, WAHR-ikEnglish (Rare)
Teca-Hungarian
Korneliakawr-NE-lee-ah (German), kawr-NEL-yah (Polish)German, Polish