Word
rock-ribbed, adj.
tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated
<adj.all>
(a)
die-hard
rock-ribbed
sample sentences
"an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative"
"rock-ribbed republican"
semantic pointers
similar to
inflexible
abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps
<adj.all>
rock-ribbed
rockbound
sample sentences
"the rock-ribbed coast of Maine"
semantic pointers
similar to
rough, unsmooth