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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“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

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

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2020

The professionals, however, “are speaking out on a matter of public concern. These are straight-out retaliation cases.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2020

Like, just straight-out asked him, “What do you think of a show where we interview celebrities while making them eat violently hot chicken wings?”

From The Verge • Oct. 31, 2019

Usually, he ends up by discussing something far afield, an act which incites skepticism and suspicion in those anxious for a straight-out explanation.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

straight-out

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