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out of whack |
out of work |
out on a limb |
out or keeping |
out to |
out-and-out
| out-and-outer
| out-basket
| out-herod
| out-migration
| out-of-body experience
out-and-out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective out-and-out has 1 sense
- out-and-out(s = adj.all) absolute, downright, rank, right-down, sheer - 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"
CIDE DICTIONARY
out-and-out, adj.
Without any reservation or disguise; downright; plain; unqualified; absolute; as, an out and out villain; an out-and-out lie. [WordNet 1.5]
out-and-out, adv.
Completely; wholly; openly. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
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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