Meaning & Definition of Downright in English

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"

1. Thoroughgoing

• "He is outright dishonest"