This selection for “Downright” comes from crosswords that used the same clue or one very close in wording. The answers below were matched successfully and published as valid solutions.
Suggested Answers:
- UTTERLY
- ARRANT
- SHEER
- UTTER
- ABSOLUTE
- PLAIN
- PLUMB
- OUTANDOUT
- STARK
Synonyms and Definitions
ARRANT
- Synonyms: complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter
SHEER
- Synonyms: absolute, bluff, bold, cobwebby, curve, cut, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, out-and-out, plain, rank, right-down, see-through, slew, slue, swerve, transparent, trend, unmingled, unmixed, vaporous, vapourous, veer
UTTER
- Synonyms: arrant, dead, emit, express, give tongue to, let loose, let out, mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize
ABSOLUTE
- Synonyms: infrangible, inviolable, sheer
PLAIN
- Synonyms: apparent, bare, champaign, complain, evident, field, homely, kick, knit, knit stitch, kvetch, manifest, patent, plain stitch, quetch, sound off, spare, unembellished, unmistakable, unornamented, unpatterned, unvarnished
PLUMB
- Synonyms: plumb bob, plummet
STARK
- Synonyms: austere, barren, bleak, blunt, crude, desolate, severe, stern