out-and-out
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
out-and-out
adj 1: complete and without restriction or qualification;
sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute
freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-
and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider";
"many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer
persistence"; "sheer stupidity" [syn: {absolute},
{downright}, {out-and-out(a)}, {rank(a)}, {right-down},
{sheer(a)}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
out-and-out \out-and-out\, out and out \out and out\adj.
Without any reservation or disguise; downright; plain;
unqualified; absolute; as, an out and out villain; an
out-and-out lie.
Syn: flat-out, outright.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] out-and-out
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "out-and-out":
absolute, admitting no exception, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
all-out, all-pervading, arrant, born, broad-based, categorical,
classical, clean, clear, complete, comprehensive, conclusive,
congenital, consummate, crass, decided, decisive, deep-dyed,
definite, definitive, determinate, downright, dyed-in-the-wool,
egregious, entire, exhaustive, explicit, express, final, fixed,
flagrant, flat, flat-out, glaring, global, gross, implicit,
inappealable, indisputable, intensive, intolerable, omnibus,
omnipresent, outright, peremptory, perfect, pervasive, plain,
plumb, positive, precious, profound, pronounced, proper, pure,
radical, rank, regular, round, shattering, sheer, shocking, stark,
stark-staring, straight, straight-out, superlative, surpassing,
sweeping, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing,
through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unbearable,
uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconscionable,
undeniable, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating,
universal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified,
unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled,
unwaivable, utter, veritable, whole, wholesale, without exception,
without reserve
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