downest

Adjective

down (comparative more down, superlative most down)

1. (predicative) Facing downwards.
   • Turn the cloth over so that the patterned side is down.
2. (predicative) At a lower level than before.
   • The stock market is down.

   Antonyms:

   up

3. (informal, predicative) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
   • Mary seems very down since she split up with her boyfriend.

   Synonyms:

   miserable, sorrowful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless

   Antonyms:

   up

4. (predicative) Sick or ill.
   • He is down with the flu.
5. (not comparable, predicative, slang) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
   • We have an officer down outside the suspect's house.
6. (predicative) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
   • a down cow

   Synonyms:

   downer

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