Downright Definition & Meaning
downright
- adverb
- thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"
- adjective
- characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person"
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
"Downright" in song lyrics
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"Do rock it funky nasty downright"
Omniscence — Amazin -
"Grew I not faint? and fell I not downright?"
William Shakespeare — Venus and Adonis
Words that rhyme with downright
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- What does downright mean?
- thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest" characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person" complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
- What part of speech is downright?
- Downright is an adverb and an adjective.
- How many definitions does downright have?
- Downright has 3 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adverb, adjective).