jäärä — meaning in English

English meaning

• diehard adj Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
• fogey noun A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.

Senses

jäärä is used for these senses in English:

• diehard A person with such an attitude.
• fogey A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.
• old man (literally) An elderly man.

diehard — full definition

1. adj Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
2. adj Fanatically opposing progress or reform.
3. adj Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.
4. adj Strongly or fanatically determined or devoted.

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