straight-out

[streyt-out] / ˈstreɪtˈaʊt /

ADJECTIVE

frank

Synonyms

WEAK

aboveboard apparent artless bare-faced blunt bold brazen call a spade a spade candid direct downright easy familiar flat-out forthright free from the hip guileless heart-to-heart honest ingenuous lay it on the line like it is man-to-man matter-of-fact naive natural open outright outspoken plain plain-spoken plainspoken real saying what one thinks scrupulous sincere straight straightforward transparent truthful unconcealed undisguised uninhibited unreserved unrestricted up front upright

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straight-out

Which is to say, Colón-Zayas knows the ups and downs of being talented, hardworking and sometimes straight-out ignored, as Tina is in so much of “Napkins.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025

“It’s a straight-out fight as it has been for the entire year,” said Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2021

I asked them straight-out a few times, and they always responded that they didn’t want to feed my insecurities by giving a “yes or no” answer.

From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2021

In the town of Cicely, there are very few people that are portrayed as just straight-out bad.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2020

Some mediums straight-out confessed to fraud in newspapers, books, or magazines.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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