All upright antonyms
upΒ·right
U u adj upright
- debauched β If you describe someone as debauched, you mean they behave in a way that you think is socially unacceptable, for example because they drink a lot of alcohol or have sex with a lot of people.
- in the dumps β a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- moralistic β a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- demeritorious β a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency: If you receive four demerits during a term, you will be expelled from school.
- insincere β not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
- drooping β to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- infective β infectious.
- buyable β available to be bought
- hypocritical β of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a βdo what I say and not what I doβ attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- fagged β to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often followed by out): The long climb fagged us out.
- amoral β If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong.
- cruddy β dirty or unpleasant
- blue streak β anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- atrabilious β irritable
- decadent β If you say that a person or society is decadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure.
- dungy β excrement, especially of animals; manure.
- in line β (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- low β to utter by or as by lowing.
- miasmatic β noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- gingery β having the flavor or pungence of ginger; spicy: gingery cookies.
- down and out β downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- ill-behaved β 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties. 2. Software that bypasses the defined operating system interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software. In the IBM PC/mess-dos world, there is a folk theorem (nearly true) to the effect that (owing to gross inadequacies and performance penalties in the OS interface) all interesting applications are ill-behaved. See also bare metal. Opposite: well-behaved, compare PC-ism.
- cut rate β a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- deceitful β If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- hardcore β unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- malefic β productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.
- mythomaniac β lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.
- incult β wild; rude; unrefined.
- in-continent β unable to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urine or feces.
- flush β a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
- dirty-minded β tending to have vulgar, obscene, or lewd thoughts, interpretations, etc.
- maleficent β doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious: maleficent destroyers of reputations.
adjective upright
- wrong β not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- base β The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- hanging β the way in which a thing hangs.
- level β having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- racy β slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risquΓ©.
- expeditive β (obsolete) Performing with speed.
- nutant β drooping; nodding.
- jivey β resembling, suggesting, or characteristic of jive; lively.
- impostrous β (archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
- degenerate β If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
- fast β moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- flagitous β (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
- dissipated β indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute.
- dissolute β indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- glued β Simple past tense and past participle of glue.