Buoyant and Down

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Buoyant

Buoyant adjective - Having or showing a good mood or disposition.
Usage example: all the fans were buoyant the day after the big win in the play-offs
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Down is an antonym for buoyant in topics: light in weight, light in spirit.
Nearby Words: buoy, buoyancy, buoyantly, buoying

Down

Down adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: feeling a bit down
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Buoyant is an antonym for down.
Nearby Word: downed
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  • Just For Fun / Tropes Examined by the MythBusters The boat is far too buoyant to hold it underwater without weighing it down.
    Source: Just For Fun / Tropes Examined by the MythBusters
  • Wreaking Havok Half-Life 2, which might be the Trope Codifier, contains heaps of physics puzzles, from piling cinder blocks on see-saws to placing buoyant barrels under an aquatic ramp to removing cinder blocks from a pulley system, right down to a carelessly dropped can in the opening.
    Source: Wreaking Havok
  • Later, Christopher reinflates it with his breath and it is buoyant enough to carry not just Pooh, but the other animals who grabbed on to try to bring him back down (except Tigger, who clearly wanted to go along for the ride).
    Source: All Balloons Have Helium
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