Definitions

to the core

ADJECTIVE

dyed-in-the-wool

Synonyms

WEAK

absolute complete confirmed congenital deep-down deep-dyed deep-rooted deep-seated deeply ingrained die-hard entrenched fixed full-fledged genuine hardened infixed ingrained instilled long-standing out and out thorough thoroughgoing through-and-through true unchangeable uncompromising utter well-established

ADVERB

utterly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolutely altogether completely entirely extremely fully perfectly quite thoroughly totally wholly

WEAK

all all in all exactly hook, line, and sinker in toto just plumb purely to the nth degree well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inadequately incompletely partially partly

WEAK

uncertain

Example Sentences

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Fifty years ago, the U.S. was hit by a perfect storm of negative events that shook the nation’s economic foundations to the core.

From MarketWatch

We humans are visual creatures to the core with a strong desire for instant gratification.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Project Hail Mary” harkens back to a simpler yet still very recent time, when movies of its scale were allowed to dazzle and yank at the heartstrings by appealing to the core of our humanity, instead of commenting on the violence our species has wrought.

From Salon

He pointed to a scattering of cones at the base of a pine tree, each one gnawed to the core like an apple.

From Literature

"We can't get to the cores of Earth or Mars or Venus, but maybe we can get to the core of an early asteroid."

From Science Daily

to the core

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