double-dyed

adj

1. confirmed; inveterate: a double-dyed villain.

2. (Dyeing) dyed twice

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Adj.

double-dyed - without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

arrant, sodding, utter, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, staring, perfect, pure, everlasting, consummate, complete, stark, gross

unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"

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References in classic literature

"Alas," he cried, "vain braggarts, women forsooth not men, double-dyed indeed will be the stain upon us if no man of the Danaans will now face Hector.

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'"To turn over a new leaf, you double-dyed scoundrel," shouted Ralph, "and beg your wife's pardon, and be a good boy for the future."

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The Synthetic Line includes six knives with rugged synthetic handles, carefully jigged and double-dyed to achieve a classic look with tough modern characteristics.

Derlin RussLock

In Britain, loathing for the United States is an issue that joins the far Left with the double-dyed Right, and as those marchers showed it reaches more widely below the surface.

All-American way is a lethal siren call

All ends happilly, with the double-dyed villain (not the usurping king, but his henchman) dead mad the usurper repenting his misdeeds.

Opera note

The tone is Boy's Own adventure, with a double-dyed villain lurking round every corner and lots of derring-do from the heroes in a movie full of all the usual tricks.

THE MAG: MOVIES - VIEW FROM THE SOFA

But there's a reason why you should care even if you're double-dyed Labour, and it's this: The British political system can only work if everyone does their allotted job.

Man of the People: Tories must be fierce not Conservative

If they were not already paranoid, this would convince them that everyone in the game is a double-dyed villain whose sole motivation

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