upbeat

Preposition: about

• prospect: The atmosphere at the site is relaxed and friendly, with staff upbeat about future prospects for the business.
• future: Manager Morell Maison was left feeling a little sad, although he is still upbeat about the future.
• contact: Despite our concerns, we have always been very upbeat about contact and told the children they will enjoy it.
• thing: I feel much more upbeat about things now that i have Amelie properly back.

Modifying Another Word

• relentlessly: And so the relentlessly upbeat but essentially meaningless promises go on.
• surprisingly: Looking back at its record, the answer of our jury is surprisingly upbeat.
• similarly: A similarly upbeat article, Sainsbury's strategy begins to deliver appeared in The Guardian on March 10 2005.
• remarkably: Despite being run straight after the election and before the drawn-out Euro Count the AGS comrades looked and sounded remarkably upbeat.
• fairly: The album gets underway with the fairly upbeat ' Two Worlds ' .
• equally: Melissa's message was equally upbeat the comprehensive system is simply the best, by any academic or social yardstick.

Modifies a noun

• tempo: Tenderly sung with gentle harmonies and a bouncy upbeat tempo ensures the album is worms a way into your heart.
• mood: The upbeat mood of the markets in recent months has been based around brighter economic news from around the world.
• vibe: Thank god MC Inja came on at this point to salvage the evening by giving an upbeat, positive vibe.
• ending: I thought this worked very well and brought an upbeat ending to the evening.
• anthem: There's decent if not again outdated upbeat dance anthems on the decks.
• melody: The perfectly picked intro had a jazzy feel and I liked the catchy chorus, which lifted up into quite an upbeat melody.

Used with adjective complement

• remain: Basildon gunmen are shooting stars Soldier Joe's squad call up King remains upbeat despite.. .
• feel: I feel much more upbeat about things now that i have Amelie properly back.
• seem: However, in the longer term he seems more upbeat.
• sound: However, Kroes, attending a competition conference in Italy, sounded upbeat.