downside

English

Etymology

Compound of down +‎ side.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

downside (plural downsides)

A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.
The downside of obtaining a higher rank is that far more work is expected.
A downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc.

Antonyms

upside

Translations

disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous

Bulgarian: недостатък (bg) m (nedostatǎk)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 負面 (zh), 负面 (zh) (fùmiàn), 缺點 (zh), 缺点 (zh) (quēdiǎn)
Dutch: schaduwzijde (nl)
Finnish: haittapuoli, huono puoli, varjopuoli
German: Kehrseite (de) f, Nachteil (de) m, Schattenseite (de) f

Hungarian: valaminek a rossz oldala, hátrány (hu), árnyoldal (hu), buktató (hu)
Italian: il rovescio della medaglia m, lato negativo m
Spanish: inconveniente (es)
Swedish: avigsida (sv) c, baksida (sv) c
Turkish: dezavantaj (tr)

downward tendency

Finnish: laskusuuntaus, laskusuunta
Hungarian: csökkenő tendencia

Turkish: zarar (tr), zarar beklentisi

Anagrams

disendow, disowned

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