downright
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4.9
- adjective
- /ˈdaʊnˌraɪt/
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completo
- An outcome that also often produces drama, conflict, angst and sometimes even downright chaos.
- downright bad
- downright shame
- downright hostility
Examples
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The movie was downright boring, and I found it hard to stay awake.
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However, despite its beauty, despite how powerful it is, it can be downright terrifying.
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Fantastic safety feature, less practical and more downright weird.
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You ask me, it was a downright shame.
Fiction book (1999) -
I think it's just downright scary.
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Believe me, sometimes it's a downright curse.
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The space between the "good" places and the "downright terrible" places is really, really slim.
Blog text (21) -
Well, some of these, these range from spooky to creepy to downright terrifying.
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Justice isn't fun, and it isn't pretty, and sometimes it's downright brutal.
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Nephew Yorgi, you are a downright scoundrel!
Synonyms
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3.6
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
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3.4
In a way that shows you are sure something is true
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7.9
Used to say something is completely honest without exaggeration
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6.3
A complete and clear example of something, often a bad one
Antonyms
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Downright comes from down + right, with down adding force and right meaning 'exact', so picture a bad thing that is 'right down' to the core. That's why we use downright to mean 'complete' or 'total' when we want to stress how bad something is.