downright

Etymology
From, , equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1)  Directed vertically; coming straight down.
 * 2) Directly to the point; plain
 * 3) * 1920, and Kochi Doi, Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Translator’s Note,
 * English words and thought seem too downright a medium into which to render these evanescent, half-expressed sentences and poems—vague as the misty mountain scenery of her country, with no pronouns at all, and without verb inflections.
 * 1) Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
 * 2) * 1776,, , London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, Volume 1, Book 2, Chapter 2, p. 396,
 * It bears the evident marks of having originally been, what the honest and downright Doctor Douglass assures us it was, a scheme of fraudulent debtors to cheat their creditors.
 * 1) Complete; absolute
 * 1) * 1920, and Kochi Doi, Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Translator’s Note,
 * English words and thought seem too downright a medium into which to render these evanescent, half-expressed sentences and poems—vague as the misty mountain scenery of her country, with no pronouns at all, and without verb inflections.
 * 1) Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
 * 2) * 1776,, , London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, Volume 1, Book 2, Chapter 2, p. 396,
 * It bears the evident marks of having originally been, what the honest and downright Doctor Douglass assures us it was, a scheme of fraudulent debtors to cheat their creditors.
 * 1) Complete; absolute
 * 1) Complete; absolute
 * 1) Complete; absolute

Adverb

 * 1) Really; actually; quite; wholly.
 * He wasn’t just cool to me, he was downright rude.
 * 1)  Straight down; perpendicularly.
 * 2)  Plainly, unambiguously; directly.
 * 3)  Without delay; at once.
 * 1)  Straight down; perpendicularly.
 * 2)  Plainly, unambiguously; directly.
 * 3)  Without delay; at once.
 * 1)  Without delay; at once.
 * 1)  Without delay; at once.
 * 1)  Without delay; at once.

Usage notes
"Downright" is used to intensify or emphasize the following adjective, which usually refers to some negative quality.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: dichtich
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: de-a dreptul
 * Turkish: