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thoroughgoing

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: thoroughgoing

1
adj
performed comprehensively and completely
2
adj
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: thoroughgoing
1

adj performed comprehensively and completely

thoroughgoing research”
Synonyms:
exhaustive, thorough
complete
having every necessary or normal part or component or step
2

adj without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

“a thoroughgoing villain”
Synonyms:
arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, unadulterated, utter
unmitigated
not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier
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