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dyed in wool

Translations

dyed-in-the-wooladjective

dyed in the wool

more dyed-in-the-wool

Comp.

most dyed-in-the-wool

Super.

/daɪd ɪn ðə wʊl/

irréductibleSe dit d’une personne ou d’une conviction : profondément attaché à ses idées, sans tendance au compromis.

He is a dyed-in-the-wool conservative who has never voted for a liberal candidate.

C’est un conservateur irréductible qui n’a jamais voté pour un candidat libéral.

Additional translations

endurciS’emploie pour une attitude ou une habitude fortement ancrée, difficile à modifier.

Synonyms

dyed-in-the-wooladjective

Thoroughly committed to a particular belief, opinion, or way of doing things; unchanging in one's views.

He is a dyed-in-the-wool conservative who has never voted for a liberal candidate.

Stubbornly or inveterately holding to a particular attitude or habit; unlikely to change.

Even dyed-in-the-wool optimists were shaken by the dire forecast.