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thoroughgoing |
Overview of adj thoroughgoing The adj thoroughgoing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing -- (very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research") 2. arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter -- (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") Antonyms of adj thoroughgoing 2 senses of thoroughgoing Sense 1 exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing INDIRECT (VIA complete) -> incomplete, uncomplete INDIRECT (VIA complete, complete) -> incomplete Sense 2 arrant(postnominal), complete(postnominal), consummate(postnominal), double-dyed(postnominal), everlasting(postnominal), gross(postnominal), perfect(postnominal), pure(postnominal), sodding(postnominal), stark(postnominal), staring(postnominal), thoroughgoing(postnominal), utter(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA unmitigated) -> mitigated Similarity of adj thoroughgoing 2 senses of thoroughgoing Sense 1 exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing => complete (vs. incomplete) (vs. incomplete) Sense 2 arrant(postnominal), complete(postnominal), consummate(postnominal), double-dyed(postnominal), everlasting(postnominal), gross(postnominal), perfect(postnominal), pure(postnominal), sodding(postnominal), stark(postnominal), staring(postnominal), thoroughgoing(postnominal), utter(postnominal) => unmitigated (vs. mitigated) Attributes of adj thoroughgoing Familiarity of adj thoroughgoing thoroughgoing used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj thoroughgoing thoroughgoing Overview of adj thoroughgoing The adj thoroughgoing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing -- (very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research") 2. arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter -- (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")
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