thoroughgoing English

Meaning thoroughgoing meaning

What does thoroughgoing mean?

thoroughgoing

— adjective (= exhaustive, thorough) performed comprehensively and completely an exhaustive study made a thorough search thoroughgoing research

— adjective (= arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, utter, unadulterated) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers an arrant fool a complete coward a consummate fool a double-dyed villain gross negligence a perfect idiot pure folly what a sodding mess stark staring mad a thoroughgoing villain utter nonsense the unadulterated truth

Synonyms thoroughgoing synonyms

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thoroughgoing English » English

thorough

complete

utter

stark

staring

perfect

exhaustive

double-dyed

absolute

uncompromising

unadulterated

thoro

solid

sodding

pure

gross

everlasting

consummate

clear

arrant

whole-souled

uncompromisingly

unabridged

totalitarian

stuffed

straight-out

stocked with

stocked

sound

replete

pregnant with

pregnant

out-and-out

no-holds-barred

intransigently

intransigent

intimate

integral

hard-line

good

full-dress

full

flush

filled

encompassing

dyed-in-the-wool

brimming

brimful

blow-by-blow

allover

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  total blanket overall global all-embracing universal all-pervading complete comprehensive exhaustive full general indiscriminate sweeping thorough thoroughgoing unmitigated unqualified utter widespread worldwide