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downturned

downturned adjective: turned or positioned downwards. Also the simple past and past participle of downturn.

Adjective

downturned (comparative more downturned, superlative most downturned)

  1. Turned or positioned downwards.

Also used as

downturned is also the simple past and past participle of downturn.

Forms of downturned

comparativemore downturned
superlativemost downturned

Origin of downturned

From down- + turned.

Questions about downturned

What does downturned mean?
Downturned means turned or positioned downwards.
What part of speech is downturned?
Downturned is an adjective.

Words near downturned in the dictionary

  1. downtuned
  2. downtunes
  3. downtuning
  4. downtunings
  5. downturn
  6. downturned
  7. downturning
  8. downturns
  9. Downum
  10. Downums
  11. downvalley

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