'Downright' definitions:
Definition of 'downright'
From: WordNet
adverb
Thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"
adjective
Characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person"
adjective
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" [syn: absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)]
Definition of 'Downright'
From: GCIDE
- Downright \Down"right`\, a.
- 1. Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way. [1913 Webster]
- A man of plain, downright character. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.
- Syn: honest-to-goodness. [1913 Webster]
- The downright impossibilities charged upon it. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity. --Prescott. -- {Down"right`ly}, adv. -- {Down"right`ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Downright'
From: GCIDE
- Downright \Down"right`\, adv.
- 1. Straight down; perpendicularly. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In plain terms; without ceremony. [1913 Webster]
- We shall chide downright, if I longer stay. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Without delay; at once; completely. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- She fell downright into a fit. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'downright'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a outrance,
- absolute,
- absolutely,
- admitting no exception,
- adown,
- all out,
- all-embracing,
- all-encompassing,
- all-out,
- all-pervading,
- arrant,
- artless,
- below,
- beyond all bounds,
- beyond compare,
- beyond comparison,
- beyond measure,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- bold,
- bolt upright,
- born,
- brash,
- broad,
- broad-based,
- brusque,
- candid,
- categorical,
- certain,
- certainly,
- classical,
- clean,
- clear,
- complete,
- completely,
- comprehensive,
- conclusive,
- congenital,
- consummate,
- crass,
- damned,
- dead,
- decided,
- decisive,
- deep-dyed,
- definite,
- definitely,
- definitive,
- determinate,
- direct,
- down,
- down south,
- downgrade,
- downhill,
- downline,
- downstairs,
- downstream,
- downstreet,
- downtown,
- downward,
- downwards,
- downwith,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- egregious,
- entire,
- entirely,
- erect,
- essentially,
- exhaustive,
- explicit,
- express,
- extremely,
- final,
- fixed,
- flagrant,
- flat,
- flat out,
- flat-out,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- fundamentally,
- genuine,
- glaring,
- global,
- gross,
- heart-to-heart,
- immeasurably,
- implicit,
- in the extreme,
- inappealable,
- incalculably,
- indefinitely,
- indisputable,
- indubitable,
- indubitably,
- infinitely,
- ingenuous,
- intensive,
- intolerable,
- most,
- most assuredly,
- no holds barred,
- no small print,
- no strings attached,
- omnibus,
- omnipresent,
- open,
- openhearted,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- outspoken,
- peremptory,
- perfect,
- perfectly,
- pervasive,
- plain,
- plain-spoken,
- plumb,
- positive,
- precious,
- profound,
- profoundly,
- pronounced,
- proper,
- pure,
- purely,
- radical,
- radically,
- rampant,
- rank,
- rearing,
- regular,
- round,
- shattering,
- sheer,
- shocking,
- sincere,
- stand-up,
- standing up,
- stark,
- stark-staring,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- straightforward,
- superlative,
- sure-enough,
- surely,
- surpassing,
- sweeping,
- the veriest,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- thoroughly,
- through-and-through,
- total,
- totally,
- transparent,
- ubiquitous,
- unabashed,
- unambiguous,
- unbearable,
- unchecked,
- uncircumscribed,
- uncompromisingly,
- unconditional,
- unconditionally,
- unconditioned,
- unconscionable,
- unconstrained,
- undeniable,
- undoubtedly,
- undoubting,
- unequivocal,
- unequivocally,
- unguarded,
- unhampered,
- unhesitating,
- universal,
- unlimited,
- unmistakable,
- unmitigated,
- unqualified,
- unquestionable,
- unquestionably,
- unquestioning,
- unrelieved,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestricted,
- unspoiled,
- unwaivable,
- up-and-down,
- upended,
- upraised,
- upreared,
- upright,
- upstanding,
- utter,
- utterly,
- veritable,
- vertical,
- very,
- whole,
- wholesale,
- with a vengeance,
- without exception,
- without reserve