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  ('härd')
also die·hard 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Stubbornly resisting change or clinging to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause.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One who stubbornly resists change or tenaciously adheres to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause: rebel die-hards who refused to surrender.

diehardism die'-hard'ism n.
 
 
Thesaurus: die-hard

adjective

  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. Idioms: stubborn as amuleox. See resist/yield.
  2. Vehemently, often fanatically opposing progress or reform: mossbacked, reactionary, ultraconservative. See politics.

noun

    A person who vehemently, often fanatically opposes progress and favors return to a previous condition: mossback, reactionary, ultraconservative. See politics.

 
Idioms: die hard

Take a long time to cease to exist or be dropped from consideration. For example, Old prejudices die hard, or The more radical parts of this proposal will die hard. This idiom alludes to struggling against physical death. [Late 1700s]


 
Antonyms: die-hard

adj

Definition: uncompromising
Antonyms: compromising, conceding, flexible


 

Nickname for the Scottish terrier.


 
Translations: Translations for: Diehard

Dansk (Danish)
n. - stivstikker, ærkekonservativ, beton-

Nederlands (Dutch)
taaie, aartsconservatief

Français (French)
n. - immobiliste, (Pol) conservateur à outrance
adj. - immobiliste, (Pol) conservateur à outrance

Deutsch (German)
n. - extremer Konservativer, hartnäckiger Mensch
adj. - hartnäckig, eingefleischt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αντιδραστικός, υπερσυντηρητικός, άτομο προσκολλημένο σε απαρχαιωμένες αντιλήψεις
adj. - αντιδραστικός, υπερσυντηρητικός

Italiano (Italian)
intransigente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - conservador (m)
adj. - conservador

Русский (Russian)
реакционер, непримиримый

Español (Spanish)
n. - intransigente, oposicionista, reacio, reaccionario
adj. - intransigente, empecinado, obcecado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - reaktionär
adj. - seglivad

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
顽固分子

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 頑固分子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 극렬한 저항자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 頑強な抵抗者, 頑固な保守主義者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص يقاوم بعناد تغيير أو فكرة جديدة (صفه) المقاوم بعناد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שמרן, עקשן‬


 
 

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