Dictionary Definition
thoroughgoing adj
1 very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an
exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing
research" [syn: exhaustive, thorough]
2 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" [syn: arrant(a),
complete(a),
consummate(a),
double-dyed(a),
everlasting(a),
gross(a),
perfect(a),
pure(a),
sodding(a),
stark(a),
staring(a),
thoroughgoing(a),
utter(a)]