die-hard
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die-hard
also die·hard (dī′härd′)adj.
Stubbornly resisting change or clinging to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause.
n.
One who stubbornly resists change or tenaciously adheres to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause: rebel die-hards who refused to surrender.
die′-hard′ism n.
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die-hard
n
1. a person who resists change or who holds onto an untenable position or outdated attitude
2. (modifier) obstinately resistant to change
ˈdie-ˌhardism n
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die′-hard`
or die′hard`,
n.
1. a person who vigorously resists change.
adj. 2. resistant to change.
[1835–45]
die′-hard`ism, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | die-hard - tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated; "an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative"; "rock-ribbed republican" inflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose" |
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die-hard
diehardnoun
1. reactionary, fanatic, zealot, intransigent, stick-in-the-mud (informal), old fogey, ultraconservative He has links with former Communist diehards.
adjective
1. reactionary, uncompromising, inflexible, intransigent, immovable, unreconstructed (chiefly U.S.), dyed-in-the-wool, ultraconservative Even their die-hard fans can't pretend this was a good game.
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die-hard
also diehardadjective
1. Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will:
adamant, adamantine, brassbound, grim, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, iron, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, rigid, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding.
Idiom: stubborn as a mule.
2. Vehemently, often fanatically opposing progress or reform:
A person who vehemently, often fanatically opposes progress and favors return to a previous condition:
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Translations
die-hard
adj → zäh; (pej) → reaktionär
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