DOWNINESS Synonyms

• a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

• a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment

• the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

• a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state

• satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing

• bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

• assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal

• give moral or emotional strength to

• lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate

• a state of warm snug comfort

• being or moving lower in position or less in some value

• soft fine feathers

• English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

• (American football) a complete play to advance the football

• (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

• spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

• away from a more central or a more northerly place

• paid in cash at time of purchase

• from an earlier time

• to a lower intensity

• in an inactive or inoperative state

• extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

• becoming progressively lower

• being put out in a game of baseball

• understood perfectly

• lower than previously

• shut

• not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• drink down entirely

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• bring down or defeat (an opponent)

• shoot at and force to come down

• cause to come or go down

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines

• the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded

• poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)

• the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing

• a state of declining economic condition

• a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency

• a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare

• acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered

• the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines

• the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)

• a disposition to be lenient in judging others

• a light softness