die-hard conservative

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• die-hard — or diehard [dī′härd΄] adj. stubbornly resistant to change or unwaveringly loyal even in spite of inevitable defeat, failure, etc. [a die hard conservative, a die hard fan of the losers] n. a person who displays such resistance or loyalty …   English World dictionary

• die-hard — adjective Date: 1922 strongly or fanatically determined or devoted < die hard fans >; especially strongly resisting change < a die hard conservative > • diehard noun • die hardism noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• die-hard — adjective tradition bound and obstinately opinionated an inflexible (or die hard) conservative rock ribbed republican • Syn: ↑rock ribbed • Similar to: ↑inflexible …   Useful english dictionary

• die-hard — [adj] uncompromising conservative, convinced, dyed in the wool*, extremist, firm, fogyish, immovable, inflexible, intransigent, old line*, orthodox, Philistine, reactionary, right, standpat, Tory*, traditionalistic, ultraconservative,… …   New thesaurus

• Die hard (phrase) — For other uses of Die hard , see Die hard (disambiguation). The phrase die hard was first used during the Battle of Albuera (1811) in the Peninsular war. During the battle, Lieutenant Colonel William Inglis of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment… …   Wikipedia

• die hard — Synonyms and related words: backward, balk, be determined, be in earnest, be resolved, buckle down, buckle to, conservative, cross the Rubicon, die fighting, die game, die in harness, fogyish, go for broke, hold out, mean business, never say die …   Moby Thesaurus

• die-hard — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. immovable, intransigent, extremist; see conservative , obstinate , resolute 2 . n. Syn. zealot, reactionary, extremist, bitter ender*; see conservative , zealot . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tough, tenacious,… …   English dictionary for students

• conservative — [adj] cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo bourgeois, constant, controlled, conventional, die hard, fearful, firm, fogyish*, fuddy duddy*, guarded, hard hat*, hidebound, holding to, illiberal, in a rut*, inflexible, middle of… …   New thesaurus

• conservative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unprogressive; moderate; protective; unchanging, stable; reactionary, mossback, diehard, Tory. See permanence. Ant., liberal, radical. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. traditional, reactionary,… …   English dictionary for students

• die — 1. v. (dies, died, dying) 1 intr. (often foll. by of) (of a person, animal, or plant) cease to live; expire, lose vital force (died of hunger). 2 intr. a come to an end, cease to exist, fade away (the project died within six months). b cease to… …   Useful english dictionary

• conservative — adj 1. opposed to change, diehard, reactionary, ultra conservative; (all of politics) right wing, rightist, Birchist, Birchite, Bourbonian, Hunker ous, Tory, Toryish. 2. cautious, prudent, careful, Inf. go slow; moderate, temperate, sober, stable …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder