out-and-out

• Adjetivo intensificador usado para descrever algo absoluto, completo ou total em todos os aspectos, geralmente com sentido negativo. Indica alguém ou algo que é extremo em sua natureza, sem qualquer atenuação.

An intensifying adjective used to describe something that is absolute, complete, or thorough in every respect.

1. Complete and absoluteB2informal

   Total and without any restriction or qualification; used to emphasize the extreme nature of something.

   Completo e absoluto

   • That was an out-and-out lie.
   • He is an out-and-out professional in his field.
   • The project was an out-and-out failure from the start.

   Sinônimosabsolutearrantcompletedownrightoutrightranksheerthoroughtotalunmitigatedunqualifiedutter

   Antônimosconditionalincompletelimitedpartialqualifiedrestricted