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Synonyms & Antonyms of downright
(Entry 1 of 2)
- rural folks are often known for their downright speech, as they are generally not ones to beat around the bush
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- that's a downright lie, and you know it
Synonyms for downright
- absolute,
- all-out,
- arrant,
- blank,
- blooming
- [chiefly British],
- bodacious
- [Southern & Midland],
- categorical
- (also categoric),
- clean,
- complete,
- consummate,
- crashing,
- damn,
- damned,
- dead,
- deadly,
- definite,
- dreadful,
- fair,
- flat,
- flat-out,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- perfect,
- plumb,
- profound,
- pure,
- rank,
- regular,
- sheer,
- simple,
- stark,
- stone,
- straight-out,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- total,
- unadulterated,
- unalloyed,
- unconditional,
- unmitigated,
- unqualified,
- utter,
- very
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downright
adverbSynonyms & Antonyms of downright (Entry 2 of 2)
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for downright
- all,
- all of,
- all over,
- altogether,
- clean,
- completely,
- dead,
- enough,
- entire,
- entirely,
- even,
- exactly,
- fast,
- flat,
- full,
- fully,
- heartily,
- out,
- perfectly,
- plumb
- [chiefly dialect],
- quite,
- soundly,
- thoroughly,
- through and through,
- totally,
- utterly,
- well,
- wholly,
- wide
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“Downright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downright. Accessed 18 May. 2022.
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The first known use of downright was in the 13th century
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