Downright
Downright adjective - Being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner.
Excessive
Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.
Downright and excessive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Downright" instead an adjective "Excessive".
Nearby Words: excess, excessively
Both words in one sentence
- Early Firo was cynical and occasionally downright vicious (as demonstrated by his "excessive self defense" against a mugger in his Establishing Character Moment).
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Not to mention her appearance at TNA, where it was made clear just what the excessive plastic surgery had done to her, and that she had downright embarrassing ring rust to compensate for it.
Source: Wrestling / Chyna - Taking it in excessive doses is psychoactive on par with illegal street drugs, but it's not illegal because there's no other known way to treat coughs, and it's downright nasty (the taste being enough to make people vomit from that alone).
Source: Not the Intended Use
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Excessive and Downright. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/downright/excessive
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