down-home
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.54 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Simple and unpretentious, especially having the characteristics of a Southern rural lifestyle.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "The guitarist wearing fatigues and sneakers, sitting on a stool telling down-home stories interspersed with a few yodels."
- "Just as Mr. Clinton began a comeback with a down-home plea for forgiveness, Mrs. Clinton now seems determined to prove, perhaps to the point of overcompensation, that she will not repeat the mistakes that plagued her 2008 campaign."
Usage
- American usage
Inflected Forms
more down-home (comparative)
most down-home (superlative)
downhome (alternative)
down home (alternative)