Out-and-out

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  out-and-out \out-and-out\, out and out \out and out\adv.
     Completely; wholly; openly.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  out-and-out
       adj : 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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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