down-home

down–home

adjective

Definition of DOWN-HOME

having or showing an unpretentious informality <her down-home patter as she prepares comfort foods goes over well with television viewers>

Synonyms down-home, folksy, homespun

Related Words modest, unassuming, unpretentious; colloquial, conversational, informal; casual, familiar, fireside, intimate

Near Antonyms affected, grandiose, highfalutin (also hifalutin), ostentatious, pompous, pretentious

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