Downright

Definition: Downright

Downright

Adjective

1. Characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person".

2. 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".

Adverb

1. (intensifier) thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "downright" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Downright

Artlessness

Free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken; blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical; unflattering.

Greatness

Goodly, noble, precious, mighty; sad, grave, heavy, serious; far gone, arrant, downright; utter, uttermost; crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate; rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate; glaring, flagrant, stark staring; thorough-paced, thoroughgoing; roaring, thumping; extraordinary.; important; unsurpassed; (supreme); complete. august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic; (repute).

Adverb: truly; (truth); decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience; for the most part, in the main.

Manifestation

Explicit, overt, patent, express; ostensible; open, open as day; naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric.

Crosswords: Downright

You can take a man's body and beat it, you can take his soul and fry it, but to do this to a hamburger, it's just downright unkind (Sliders; writing credit: Javier Azpeitia; Margarita Mareo)

Well, see, I like to plan my comings and goings with friends, so if you're planning my comings and goings I'd call that presumptuous, in fact I'd call it downright rude (Cape Fear; writing credit: John D. MacDonald; James R. Webb)

Now somethin' about that is just downright unsettlin' (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan)

Well, when it comes to a chance of getting his head blown off, he's downright bigoted (The Magnificent Seven; writing credit: William Roberts; Walter Newman)

So rough it was, downright wrong I tell ya (Po' Folks; performing artist: Nappy Roots)

Get real and rip wheelz its downright ignant (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince)

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Books

• Downright Upright: A History of the Canadian Piano Industry (reference)

• Gay & Horny? Atlanta: A Sexy, Steamy, Downright Sleazy Handbook to the City (reference)

• Horny? Las Vegas: A Sexy, Steamy, Downright Sleazy Guide to the City (reference)

• San Francisco Bizarro: A Guide to Notorious Sights, Lusty Pursuits, and Downright Freakiness in the City by the Bay (reference)

  (more book examples)

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A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed. Credit: Library of Congress.

A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed / Published by J[ames] Akin Philada. Credit: Library of Congress.

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It is downright labour to him where ladies are concerned

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Expressions using "downright": a downright scoundrel ♦ downright honest ♦ downright lie. Additional references.

Albanian

i vërtetë (actual, authentic, bona fide, effective, faithful, flesh and blood, genuine, objective, perfect, positive, practical, proper, pucka, real, right, substantial, true, truthful, uncoined, unfailing, unfeigned, veracious, veritable, virtual), i tërë (all, clear, entire, gross, integral, thorough, total, undivided, whole), i drejtë (candid, correct, direct, disinterested, equitable, erect, even, fair, impartial, just, kosher, lank, regular, right, Square, stand up, straight, straightaway, true, upright, upstanding, virtuous, white), i çiltër (artless, candid, direct, forthright, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, innocent, open, open-hearted, plain, plain spoken, simple-hearted, sincere, straight, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, unsophisticated, wholehearted), e çiltër. (various references)

Arabic 

‏محض (clear, pure, unadulterated, unmixed), ‏مطلق (absolute, categorical, complete, free, full, infinite, liberator, outright, perfect, plenary, stark, ultimate, unbounded, unconditional, uncontrolled, unlimited, unqualified, unrestrained, unrestricted, utter), ‏مباشر (collateral, conducting, direct, eve, first hand, forthright, frontal, fulfilling, immediate, lineal, non-stop, plump, point blank, proximate, satisfying, through), ‏صريح (bare, bluff, candid, categorical, communicative, crude, direct, expansive, explicit, flat, forthcoming, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, palpable, plain, plain spoken, plump, point blank, pronounced, raw, round, simple-hearted, steady, straight, straightforward, transparent, unreserved, unvarnished), ‏صرف (absolute, chuck, count, creak, dismiss, dismissal, double, earn, exchange, groan, pay, pay away, pure, put out, receive, resolve, scrape, shake, shrift, sterling, turn away, unadulterated, unalloyed, vent, withdraw), ‏بكل ما في الكلمة من معنى (absolutely, arrant, diametrically), ‏بصراحة (barely, blankly, flat, freely, honestly, on the level, outright, overtly, plain, plainly, plump, point blank, unreservedly). (various references)

Bulgarian 

явен (apparent, blazing, decided, declared, distinct, evident, Frank, glaring, manifest, marked, noticeable, obvious, open, ostensible, outright, overt, palpable, patent, plain, Plumb, pointed, professed, pronounced, rank, self-explanatory, sheer, thumping, transparent, unconcealed, unmistakable, visible), честен (above board, clean-fingered, fair, fair dealing, foursquare, honest, honorable, honourable, loyal, right, righteous, single, sportsmanlike, Square, straight, straightforward, truthful, upstanding, veracious, white, worthy), чист (absolute, chaste, clean, cleanly, clear, crisp, crystal, fair, fine, fresh, heavenly, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, lucid, mere, native, natty, neat, net, orderly, oriental, pellucid, pristine, pure, rank, sanitary, self, sheer, simon-pure, soilless, solid, stainless, sterling, straight, sublime, sweet, taintless, trim, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, unmixed, unpolluted, unsophisticated, unspotted, unstained, virgin, virginal, virtuous, white, white-handed), отявлен (arrant, desperate, notorious, open, professed, rank, right-down, straight out, unmitigated), прям (above board, bluff, bluffy, blunt, candid, direct, forthright, free-spoken, honest, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, round, sincere, straight out, straightaway, straightforward, unaffected, unreserved). (various references)

Chinese 

完全 (Complete, Completeness, Comprehensiveness, CPL, exclusively, out-and-out, Physically, Plenary, totally, utter, Wholly). (various references)

Czech

vyslovený (outspoken, pronounced), vyložený (absolute, arrant, real, right-down, undiluted, utter), rovnou (directly, offhand, plump, point blank, right, straight, straight away), přímý (above board, direct, firsthand, forthright, head on, immediate, nonstop, non-stop, outright, outspoken, plainspoken, Plumb, plump, point blank, right, Square, straight, straightforward, through, upright), naprostý (absolute, bloody, complete, dead, entire, full, outright, perfect, positive, rank, sheer, teetotal, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, unconditional, unmitigated, utter), kategorický (categorical, flat, imperative), èirý (limpid, pure, sheer, unadulterated). (various references)

Farsi 

محض (Mere, Only, Sheer, Strict), مطلق (Absolute, Abstract, Arbitrary, Autocratic, Free, Implicit, Positive, Sheer, Slick, Stark, Total, Unconditional, Unrestrained, Utter), ساده (Bald, Bare, Explicit, Homespun, Idiot, Inexpensive, Plain, Positive, Simple, Slick, Unaadorned, Unaffected, Unassuming, Unceremonious, Unmeaning, Untutored), صرفا (Alone, Only), خالص (Absolute, Genuine, Heartfelt, Limpid, Net, Pure, Sheer, Unadulterated, Unalloyed). (various references)

Finnish

suorastaan (absolutely, positively, simply). (various references)

French

direct, franchement, franc, effronté, catégorique, carrément. (various references)

German

absolut (absolute, absolutely, complete, definitely, outright, perfectly, starkly, strict, strictly, total, undivided, utterly, without fail), völlig (absolutely, altogether, arrant, complete, completely, consummately, dead, entirely, full, fully, out and out, outright, perfect, perfectly, plain, profound, quite, sheer, thorough, through, total, totally, uncompromisingly, utterly, wanton, wholly, widely), rechts unten. (various references)

Greek 

ευθύσ (at once, candid, direct, outright, straight, upright). (various references)

Hebrew 

מוחלט (absolute, categorical, certain, decided, definite, outright, positive, sheer, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unqualified, utter), ישר לע� ין (forthright), ל�'מרי (altogether, clean, completely, entirely, fully, neck and crop, out and out, over, quite, right, thoroughly, to the wide, totally, up to the hilt, utterly, wholly), כליל (complete, completely, entirely, out and out, over, passim, quite, stark, stiff, thoroughly, total, totally, utter, utterly, whole). (various references)

Hungarian

kétségtelenül (and no mistake, assuredly, by all odds, doubtless, no doubt, questionless, undeniably, undoubtedly), kétségtelen (doubtless, indisputable, indubitable, positive, questionless, sure, undoubted, unquestionable), egyenes (direct, even, forthright, guileless, ingenuous, line, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, Plumb, plump, point blank, right, sincere, single-hearted, smooth, straight, straight/direct, straightaway, straightforward), õszinte (above board, candid, disarming, guileless, heart-felt, honest, ingenuous, naïve, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, simple-hearted, sincere, straight out, straightforward, transparent, unfeigned, ungrudging, whole-hearted). (various references)

Indonesian

tulus jujur. (various references)

Italian

del tutto (absolutely, all, altogether, completely, fully, quite, right, stark, wholly), veramente (actual, actually, effective, forsooth, in fact, indeed, rather, real, really, truly), schietto (bare, candid, forthcoming, Frank, natural, open, outright, outspoken, plainspoken, straightforward), completamente (absolutely, all, altogether, clean, completely, entirely, fully, outright, over, quite, right, roundly, sheer, signally, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughout, tight, up, utterly, wholly, widely), chiaro (apparent, articulate, blond, bright, broad, clean-cut, clear, clearly, emphatic, evident, explicit, express, fair, frankly, intelligible, light, lucid, obvious, overt, pale, perspicuous, plain, pure, sharp, sheer, straightforward, vivid), brusco (abrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque, brutal, cavalier, gruff, harsh, offhand, offhanded, outspoken, rough, sharp, short, sour, sullen, surly, unkind, unpleasant), assoluto (absolute, all-time, clear, damned, implicit, perfect, profound, sheer, stark, sweeping, unqualified, utter, very), assolutamente (absolute, absolutely, severely). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

嘘っ八 (downright lie). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

うそっぱち (downright lie). (various references)

Manx

ny hrooid as ny hrooid, magh as magh (exceptionally, sheer, thorough, to the full, utterly), jeeragh (candid, direct; erect, due, fair and square, faithful; just, forthcoming, frank, honest, lineal; sincere, outright, outspoken, partly done, plumb, point-blank, rigid, straight, straight ahead, straightforward, strict, true, undeviating, unequivocal, unerring), glen (chaste, clean, clear, clearcut, cloudless, emphatic, fair, flat, flat of refusal, fresh-coloured, hygienic, liquidate, nett, peremptory, pure, sheer, to a T, unclouded, unclouded of vision, undefiled). (various references)

Pig Latin

ownrightday.(various references)

Portuguese

direito (claim, correct, dexter, dyed-in-the, endlong, entitlement, erect, freehearted, jurisprudence, justice, law, lien, respectable, right, righteous, righthand, royalty, standing, stand-up, straight, straightaway, straightforward, title, unswerving, upright, upstanding, vertical, warrant), vertical (cocked, erect, perpendicular, plumb, standing), sincero (artless, candid, convinced, cordial, deep, direct, dyed-in-the, earnest, frank, freehearted, guileless, heartfelt, hearty, honest, ingenuous, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, simple, simple-hearted, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward, strong, true, true-hearted, unaffected, undisguised, unfeigned, unvarnished, whole-hearted, whole-souled), perpendicularmente (uprightly), perpendicular (apeak, normal, taproot), franco (above-board, bluff, candid, clear, direct, dyed-in-the, forthright, franc, frank, freehearted, guileless, honest, ingenuous, large-hearted, non-partisan, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, plump, simple, simple-hearted, sincere, single-hearted, straightforward, unconcealed, undisguised, unequivocal), francamente (broad, flat, forthright, freely, loosely, plain, plainly, sincerely), completo (absolute, all out, all-around, all-out, all-round, arrant, bijou, clean, completed, done, dyed-in-the, egregious, entire, exhaustive, freehearted, full, fullbodied, outright, plenary, plumb, precious, round, run-down, sheer, sweeping, teetotal, thorough, thoroughgoing, through, thru, total, unabridged, unalloyed, unmitigated, utter, whole), completamente (absolutely, all, all out, altogether, bodily, bolt, broad, clear, completely, consummately, directly, entirely, exactly, fairly, full, fully, jolly, outright, overall, plenty, plumb, precious, quite, thoroughly, through, throughout, up, utterly, wholly). (various references)

Romanian

deschis (above board, artless, avowedly, bald, baldly, barefaced, barely, blunt, broad, direct, flatly, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, free-spoken, guileless, light, naked, open, openly, outright, outspoken, overt, overtly, pale, patent, plainly, raw, round, roundly, sincere, Square, straight, straightforward, unfeigned, unreserved), de-a dreptul, sincer (above board, artless, authentic, blunt, candid, candidly, childlike, devout, fair, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, free-spoken, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honestly, ingenuous, kind, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, plain, plainly, right-down, round, sincere, single, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, undisguised, unfeigned, unpretending, unreserved, well-meant), pur şi simplu (just, literally, merely, simply), fãţiş (bold, Frank, open, openly, outright, outspoken, overt, overtly, sincere), cu totul (all, all in all, entirely, every bit, merely, most, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, quite, right, thoroughly, to the full, up to the nines, utterly, wholly), complet (absolute, all out, broad, clear, collected, complement, complete, completely, comprehensive, dead, down to the ground, entire, entirely, every bit, every inch, exhaustive, fairly, flat, full, fully, good, hollow, outright, perfect, purely, quite, stark, strict, suite, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughpaced, to the bone, total, unabridged, utter, utterly, whole), categoric (absolute, absolutely, beyond peradventure, categorical, categorically, clear, curt, decided, decisive, definite, definitely, dogmatic, emphatic, explicit, explicitly, flat, flatly, formal, much, on the dead, peremptorily, peremptory, plump, positive, positively, simply, Square, stiff, unanswerable, unbending, unqualified), absolut (absolute, absolutely, arbitrarily, be sure, blank, boundless, broad, categorical, categorically, coercive, complete, completely, dead, emphatic, entire, essential, finished, flat, inalienable, just, perfect, physically, positive, positively, precious, pure, sheer, simple, strict, sure, there's no doubt about it, thorough, thoroughly, total, unequivocal, unfailingly, unlimited, unmistakable, unmistakably, unqualified, unrestricted, utter). (various references)

Russian 

явный (aparent, apparent, declared, evident, explicit, gross, patent, pronounced, sheer, unconcealed, undisguised, unmitigated, unqualified, writ large). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

veoma (badly, greatly, highly, mighty, most, passing, plumb, real, right, terribly, vastly, very), stvarno (fairly, positively, really, substantially, virtually), savršen (consummate, perfect, word-perfect), potpun (absolute, complete, consummate, crass, outright, plenary, stark, thorough-paced, total, unmixed, utter, uttermost), otvoren (above board, blunt, candid, forthright, heart-to-heart, open, open-faced, openhearted, outdoor, outgoing, out-of-door, outspoken, overt, plain, plainspoken, sightly, through, unclosed, undisguised), jasan (bright, broad, clear, distinct, manifest, obvious, perspicuous, plain, sharp cut, vivid), iskren (above board, blunt, candid, childlike, fair dealing, forthright, frank, free-spoken, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, open, open minded, openhearted, outspoken, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward). (various references)

Spanish

completo (absolute, all around, all round, clear, complete, consummate, entire, finished, full, inclusive, integral, omnibus, outright, overall, perfect, plain, plenary, Plumb, rank, round, sheer, stark, thorough, total, unalloyed, utter, whole), completamente (all, all out, altogether, blankly, clearly, completely, consummately, dead, entirely, fairly, flat, full, fully, holus-bolus, Plumb, properly, quite, right, sheer, thoroughly, through, through and through, up to the hilt), categórico (categoric, categorical, definite, emphatic, express, flat, plump, point blank), absolutamente (absolutely, at all, completely, definitely, implicitly, quite, utterly). (various references)

Swedish

fullkomligt (Plumb). (various references)

Thai

โ�"ยสิ้นเชิง (cold), ีโ�"ยสิ้นเชิง. (various references)

Turkish

dobra dobra konuşan (plain spoken), dobra dobra konuğan (plain spoken), dobra dobra (bluntly, forthright, frankly, in plain english, outright, roundly, straight out, straight-from-the-shoulder, without mincing matters), dürüst (above board, candid, christian, conscientious, dinkum, direct, fair, faithful, Frank, guileless, honest, incorruptible, jannock, just, level, moral, on the square, open, plain, regular, right, righteous, right-minded, sincere, single minded, single-hearted, sporting, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight out, straightforward, upfront, upright, upstanding, virtuous), düpedüz (completely, flatly, outright, sheer, utterly), tamamen (absolutely, all, altogether, at large, bang, bang on, chock, clean, clear, completely, dead, definitely, entirely, exactly, fair, fully, heart and soul, hollow, holo-, hopelessly, in the highest degree, in toto, neck and crop, off, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, precious, properly, quite, richly, roundly, sheer, simply, staring, stark, thoroughly, thro, through, through and through, thru, thru and thru, up to the hilt, utterly, well, whole, wholly, wide), tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, due, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), kesin (absolute, accurate, assertive, categorical, certain, cheese it, clean-cut, clear-cut, conclusive, decided, decisive, declared, definite, definitive, determined, dogmatic, exact, express, extreme, final, firm, flat, frozen, implicit, indisputable, indubitable, irreversible, irrevocable, mathematical, ocular, outright, peremptory, point blank, pointed, precise, pronounced, rigid, rigorous, round, safe, scientific, specific, spot-on, Square, stark, sure, sure as death, unambiguous, uncompromising, undoubted, unquestionable, unquestioned, unquestioning, utter), büsbütün (all, altogether, dead, entirely, fair, fairly, quite, sheer, staring, stark, wholly), açıkça (above board, avowedly, bluntly, clear, clearly, cloudlessly, declaredly, definitely, directly, distinctly, evidently, expressly, fairly, flatly, frankly, in round terms, manifestly, nakedly, openly, outright, outspokenly, plainly, plump, point blank, professedly, roundly, simply, straight out), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy). (various references)

Ukrainian

вертикальний (non-laddering, nonrun, plum, upright, vertical), очевидний (apparent, demonstrable, direct, evident, evidential, gross, manifest, necessary, obvious, open, ostensible, overt, palpable, plain, plum, pronounced, questionless, self evident, transparent, uncontested, unmistakable, utter), абсолютно (absolutely, altogether, completely, fully, through and through), прямий (above board, bald, barefaced, bounden, candid, direct, erect, forthright, ostensive, outright, outspoken, perpendicular, plainspoken, point blank, spadish, straight, straightforward, through), перпендикулярно (athwart, normally). (various references)

Vietnamese 

toạc móng heo (bluntly, plump), thẳng thắn (fair, fair-dealing, fairly, forthright, frank, free-hearted, hunky, level, plain-spoken, sporting, sporty, square, straight), thẳng thừng (blankly, flat, flatly, plump), r� nh r� nh (blazing, emphatic, flagrant, glaring, glaringly, glary, tactile), không úp mở đích thực, ho� n to� n hết sức, đại (almighty, double-dyed, egregious, unmitigated). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "downright": downrightly, downrightness, downrightnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Downright" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Botwright, downlight. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ingrowth, throwing, worthing.

-2 letters: hording, trowing, whoring, wording.

-3 letters: doting, dowing, godwit, growth, righto, rowing, throng, thrown, towing, trigon, wright.

-4 letters: dhoti, dight, dingo, doing, droit, drown, giron, girth, grind, griot, grith, groin, grown, indow, ingot, intro, night, nitro, north, ohing, owing, rhino, right, rowth, thing, third, thong, thorn, throw, tigon, tondi, trigo, whort.

+2 letters: downrightly.

+4 letters: downrightness.