dyed-in-the-wool meaning

• AdjectiveCOMmore dyed-in-the-woolSUPmost dyed-in-the-wool
  1. (of textiles) Dyed before being formed into cloth.
  2. (idiomatic, figuratively) Firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits; deeply ingrained in the nature of a person or thing.
     1. Smith was a dyed-in-the-wool typist and never really got used to writing on computers.
     2. John Major was described by his opponents as a dyed-in-the-wool Conservative.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • Perhaps this distraction was perversely comforting for a dyed-in-the-wool antimachinist like Orr, a sense of continuity at a time of great emotional confusion.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Adjectives

Other Vocabulary

1. en dyed in the wool
2. en dye in the wool
3. en bred-in-the-bone
4. en hole-in-the-wall
5. en holes-in-the-wall