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straight-out

straight-out adjective: acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise.

Adjective

straight-out (comparative more straight-out, superlative most straight-out)

  1. Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise.
  2. unqualified; thoroughgoing
    • Anne was indignant with that straight-out and generous indignation which belongs to women, who are ready to follow their principles to any result with more inconsiderate fearlessness than men.1856, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Dred, A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
    Synonyms:
    out-and-out

Synonyms of straight-out

Forms of straight-out

comparativemore straight-out
superlativemost straight-out

Questions about straight-out

What does straight-out mean?
Straight-out means acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise.
What part of speech is straight-out?
Straight-out is an adjective.

Words near straight-out in the dictionary

  1. straight-from-the-shoulder
  2. straight-hearted
  3. straight-jacket
  4. straight-joint
  5. straight-laced
  6. straight-out
  7. straight-pipe
  8. straight-piped
  9. straight-pipes
  10. straight-piping
  11. straight-pull

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