out-and-out

• POS: Adjective

CIDE DICTIONARY

out-and-out, adj. 

 Without any reservation or disguise; downright; plain; unqualified; absolute; as, an out and out villain; an out-and-out lie.  [WordNet 1.5]

out-and-out, adv. 

 Completely; wholly; openly.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

out-and-out

absolute, admitting no exception, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, arrant, born, broad-based, categorical, classical, clean, clear, complete, comprehensive, conclusive, congenital, consummate, crass, decided, decisive, deep-dyed, definite, definitive, determinate, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, entire, exhaustive, explicit, express, final, fixed, flagrant, flat, flat-out, glaring, global, gross, implicit, inappealable, indisputable, intensive, intolerable, omnibus, omnipresent, outright, peremptory, perfect, pervasive, plain, plumb, positive, precious, profound, pronounced, proper, pure, radical, rank, regular, round, shattering, sheer, shocking, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-out, superlative, surpassing, sweeping, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unbearable, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconscionable, undeniable, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, universal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled, unwaivable, utter, veritable, whole, wholesale, without exception, without reserve