Associations to the word «Thoroughgoing»

Wiktionary

THOROUGHGOING, adjective. Complete; thorough; full; with great attention to detail.

Dictionary definition

THOROUGHGOING, adjective. Performed comprehensively and completely; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research".
THOROUGHGOING, adjective. 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"; "the unadulterated truth".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King