DOWNSIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does downside mean? 

• DOWNSIDE (noun)
  The noun DOWNSIDE has 1 sense:

1. a negative aspect of something that is generally positive

  Familiarity information: DOWNSIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOWNSIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A negative aspect of something that is generally positive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

there is a downside even to motherhood

Hypernyms ("downside" is a kind of...):

side (an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect))

 Context examples 

Most people will at some point in their life experience one of many the downsides of excess drinking: the hangover.

(Wine before beer, or beer before wine? Either way, you’ll be hungover, University of Cambridge)

I think some people on the Internet have over-emphasized the downside of Mercury retrograde.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

But yolks are the primary source of many nutrients found in eggs, including amino acids, iron and choline, so there is a downside to dropping them.

(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

With Saturn and Pluto both in your marriage house, you find strong, self-made, and successful people attractive, but the downside could be that you are treated poorly.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)