Definitions for downright
ˈdaʊnˌraɪtdown·right

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. downright(adj)

   characterized by plain blunt honesty

   "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person"

2. absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)(adverb)

   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"

3. downright(adverb)

   thoroughgoing

   "he is outright dishonest"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. downright(Adverb)

   Really; actually; quite; thoroughly; utterly.

   He wasn't just cool to me, he was downright rude.

2. downright(Adjective)

   Directed vertically; coming straight down.

3. downright(Adjective)

   Directly to the point; plain; unambiguous; unevasive.

4. downright(Adjective)

   Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.

5. downright(Adjective)

   Complete; absolute; utter.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Downright(adverb)

   straight down; perpendicularly

2. Downright(adverb)

   in plain terms; without ceremony

3. Downright(adverb)

   without delay; at once; completely

4. Downright(adj)

   plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way

5. Downright(adj)

   open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism

How to pronounce downright?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of downright in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of downright in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of downright in a Sentence

1. Robin Parisotto:

   There are real questions to be asked if there is no action taken, particularly for the results taken post-2009, some of the values in these athletes were so extreme that they were downright dangerous and the risks to their health were indisputable.

2. Patrick Henry:

   Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined.

3. Ashton Morris:

   I beleive that every female should be a downright dirty slut- for her man. ONLY for her man.

4. Jeb Bush:

   What Donald Trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in Atlantic City. That is not public purpose. That is downright wrong.

5. Stewart Ferrin:

   The lack of support, cooperation, and downright bias, coupled with an agenda to ruin my career, has become unbearable and I will not subject my family to this any longer, i do this in an effort to continue with my life, to give my family better opportunities, and move past this horrible experience.

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