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downarg

downarg verb: to gainsay or contradict in an overbearing, domineering manner; browbeat; assert violently.

Verb

downarg (third-person singular simple present downargs, present participle downarging, simple past and past participle downarged)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To gainsay or contradict in an overbearing, domineering manner; browbeat; assert violently.

Forms of downarg

third-person singular presentdownargs
present participledownarging
past participledownarged
pastdownarged
alternative formdonnarg

Origin of downarg

From down- + arg (“to argue”).

Questions about downarg

What does downarg mean?
Downarg means to gainsay or contradict in an overbearing, domineering manner; browbeat; assert violently.
What part of speech is downarg?
Downarg is a verb.
What is the past tense of downarg?
The past tense of downarg is downarged.

Words near downarg in the dictionary

  1. downages
  2. downalator
  3. downalators
  4. Downard
  5. Downards
  6. downarg
  7. downbad
  8. downball
  9. downballot
  10. downbear
  11. downbearing

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