downright
adjective/ˈdaʊnraɪt/
/ˈdaʊnraɪt/
[only before noun]- used as a way of emphasizing something negative or unpleasant
- There was suspicion and even downright hatred between them.
- That’s a downright lie!
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDownright is used with these nouns:- hostility
- lie
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