: of, relating to, or having qualities (such as informality and simplicity) associated with rural or small-town people especially of the Southern U.S.
down-home country cooking
broadly : simple, unpretentious

Examples of down-home in a Sentence

her down-home patter as she prepares comfort foods goes over well with television viewers
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And…with his down-home heart and pure prisms of light mind and a wild and wicked Texas cackle ripping up yellow lighting in a black sky desert…Forever Bob…. Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025 Anhedönia, however, had little interest in being the country’s next down-home sweetheart. Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025 Get ready for some down-home comfort with our freshly baked homemade pies and cobblers. Patricia S York, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025 While not autobiographical — among other things, Morgan is not divorced — Leanne is built around the same down-home persona honed by its lead actress over years in standup. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for down-home

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of down-home was in 1901

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“Down-home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down-home. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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