Downright vs. Upright

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  • Downright (adjective)

    Directed vertically; coming straight down.

  • Downright (adjective)

    Directly to the point; plain

    “unambiguous|unevasive”

  • Downright (adjective)

    Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.

  • Downright (adjective)

    Complete; absolute

    “utter”

  • Downright (adverb)

    Really; actually; quite

    “thoroughly|utterly”

    “He wasn’t just cool to me, he was downright rude.”

  • Downright (adverb)

    Straight down; perpendicularly.

  • Downright (adverb)

    Plainly, unambiguously; directly.

  • Downright (adverb)

    Without delay; at once.

  • Upright (adjective)

    Vertical; erect.

    “I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.”

  • Upright (adjective)

    Greater in height than breadth.

  • Upright (adjective)

    Of good morals; practicing ethical values.

  • Upright (adjective)

    Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

  • Upright (adverb)

    in or into an upright position

  • Upright (noun)

    Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.

  • Upright (noun)

    A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

  • Upright (noun)

    An upright piano.

  • Upright (noun)

    Short for upright vacuum cleaner.

  • Upright (verb)

    To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

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