downright English

Meaning downright meaning

What does downright mean?

downright

— adverb thoroughgoing he is outright dishonest

— adjective characterized by plain blunt honesty a downright answer a downright kind of person

— adjective (= absolute, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer) 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

Synonyms downright synonyms

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downright English » English

absolute

utter

thorough

simply

sheer

rank

plain

outright

direct

right-down

out-and-out

flat

complete

clear

visible

upright

unequivocal

total

straightforward

straight

right

real

quite

evendown

definite

categorical

blatant

arrant

without ceremony

vivid

very

vertical

untwisted

unmixed

unmediated

unintoxicated

uninebriated

undisguised

uncurving

uncurved

uncurled

uncrossed

unconditionally

unceremoniously

unbowed

unbent

true

to pieces

to a T

thoroughly

Examples downright examples

How do I use downright in a sentence?

Simple sentences

In itself idleness is not the root of all evil. Quite the opposite, in fact, it's a downright godly existence, as long as one isn't bored.

That's downright dangerous.

It sounds downright frightening.

But that's. downright disgusting. Why isn't anybody doing something against that?

Honestly, why does everyone need to self-identify and self-label themselves? It's downright ludicrous.

Movie subtitles

There was also a streak of ruthlessness, of downright nastiness, about these Portuguese explorers that Zheng He seldom evinced.

A downright romance.

If you ask me, this is the worst case of downright rudeness I've seen.

Dewitt, it was downright decent of you to give me that little item in your column.

Downright un-American, if you ask me.

To point out and make public the dishonesty the downright villainy of Boss Jim W. Gettys' political machine now in complete control of the government of this state.

To say he is with the owners is not only nonsense, but downright wickedness.

This is downright comforting.

But a man that would dynamite a water hole in this kind of country. is downright criminal.

Well, I think it looks downright peculiar.

But not for me anymore. Not for a foursquare, upright, downright, forthright, married lady.

Downright perjury.

Looked at that way, it's not only simple, it's downright monotonous.

And as time went by, she became the town character. regarded not just as different, but downright loco and nuts. which brings us to lie number two.

Basket-weaving is downright like rest.

Downright dangerous.

Plain, downright mean.

Look at my desk. Reports, complaints, unforgivable stupidities, downright dishonesty, thievery! Go on, look at them.

Ma'am, this is downright inconvenient for you.

You're downright discouraging to romance, ma'am.

But for downright drinking, we've got something in Kentucky. Here.

Not for a foursquare, upright, downright, forthright, married lady.

You know, it's downright chivalrous.

You know, it's a downright shame that you gentlemen have never been to Habersville.

Vicky, you're a downright heel.

With one purpose only: To point out and make public the dishonesty the downright villainy of Boss Jim W. Gettys' political machine now in complete control of the government of this state.

My rogue of a monkey is downright mesmerized.

Oh, Lon, when I think of all those awful people you come in contact with downright criminals, I get scared.

It's a downright dirty shame.

It makes all the difference between a lot of stuff like this coming out in private, and a downright public scandal!

If it weren't downright criminal, it would really be funny.

News and current affairs

But it is a downright dangerous one when undertaken to benefit one man alone.

Agreeing upon a united foreign policy will become even more difficult, if not downright impossible.

Currently, however, it is downright counter-productive.

Despite the sometimes downright pornographic on-screen writhing of Bollywood starlets, India is still a deeply conservative society.

Governments at the epicenter of the recent financial crisis, especially the United States and the United Kingdom, are downright enthusiastic, particularly about the tax on size.

Not only did China resist measures that had been under negotiation for the preceding year, but Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's decision to send a low-level official to meet with and point a finger at Obama was downright insulting.

Their answers ranged from unimpressive to downright evasive.

But that has not made a real difference; at the end of the day, America is also losing interest in NATO, which turned in a not-fully-convincing performance in Libya and a downright poor one in Afghanistan.

It got an opaque - indeed, a downright incomprehensible - referendum question.

Some regard race-based medical treatment as necessary to reduce health disparities, while others view it as downright discriminatory.

Compared to the politics of this region, a rollercoaster ride is downright calming.