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hartgesotten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • diehard adj Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.

Senses

hartgesotten is used for these senses in English:

  • diehard Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.
  • hard-bitten Callous and toughened by experience.
  • hard-boiled Callous and unsentimental. (of a person, especially a detective)

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.

Related German words