Thoroughgoing Definition & Meaning
thoroughgoing
- adjective
- performed comprehensively and completely; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research"
- 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"
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- What does thoroughgoing mean?
- performed comprehensively and completely; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research" 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"
- What part of speech is thoroughgoing?
- Thoroughgoing is an adjective.
- How many definitions does thoroughgoing have?
- Thoroughgoing has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).