diehard

See also: die-hard and die hard

English

Alternative forms

die-hard

Etymology

From the verb phrase die hard.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

diehard (comparative more diehard, superlative most diehard)

Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
Fanatically opposing progress or reform.
Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.
For a Roman Catholic teacher, he sure is a diehard fundamentalist.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:obstinate

Translations

unreasonably resisting change

Finnish: patavanhoillinen
French: inflexible (fr), inébranlable (fr), irréductible (fr), entier (fr)

Serbo-Croatian: tvrdoglav (sh) m

fanatically opposing progress

Finnish: patavanhoillinen

French: réactionnaire (fr), réac (fr), conservateur (fr)
Serbo-Croatian: tvrdoglav (sh)

thorough of in one's beliefs

Finnish: pesunkestävä (fi)
French: intégriste (fr), fanatique (fr), illuminé (fr), déterminé (fr), déter (fr)
German: eingefleischt (de), hartgesotten (de)

Serbo-Croatian: tvrdoglav (sh) m
Spanish: empedernido (es)

Noun

diehard (plural diehards)

A person with such an attitude.

Anagrams

dihedra

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