hard-nosed Antonyms
Strongest:
- amenable
- willing
- flexible
- complying
- obedient
- compliant
- receptive
- willing
- agreeable
- obedient
- flexible
- acquiescent
- tractable
- pliant
- pliable
- agreeable
- tractable
- docile
- submissive
- pliable
- docile
- amenable
- compliant
- yielding
- pliant
- yielding
- responsive
- complying
- responsive
- submissive
- acquiescent
- receptive
Strong:
- manageable
- reasonable
- temperate
- manageable
- relenting
- temperate
- reasonable
- accepting
- relenting
- accepting
- placable
- placable
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- hardheaded
- wilful
- determined
- pigheaded
- relentless
- immovable
- obsessive
- tenacious
- obdurate
- mulish
- headstrong
- dogged
- willful
- intransigent
- implacable
- adamantine
- inflexible
- hard
- opinionated
- pat
- ossified
- bullheaded
- obstinate
- uncompromising
- pertinacious
- perverse
- unrelenting
- persistent
- unyielding
- strict
- unbending
Weak:
- wrongheaded
- unregenerate
- stern
- intractable
- wayward
- unmanageable
- indomitable
- hard-line
- hard-shell
- iron
- mutinous
- insubordinate
- rigid
- defiant
- hard-shelled
- cantankerous
- narrow-minded
- self-willed
- exacting
- recalcitrant
- self-opinionated
- single-minded
- demanding
- severe
- hidebound
- unflinching
- stiff-necked
- unruly
- insurgent
- inveterate
- confirmed
- resolved
- uncooperative
- unconquerable
- invincible
- ungovernable
- hell-bent
- disobedient
- contumacious
- deaf-to-reason
- inconvincible
- contrary
- set
- bloody-minded
- stouthearted
- inexorable
- anal-retentive
- firm
- refractory
- cussed
Meaning of hard-nosed
hard-nosed (s)
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
hard-nosed Sentence Examples
- The hard-nosed detective pursued the elusive criminal with unwavering determination.
- The company's hard-nosed CEO demanded nothing less than excellence from his employees.
- The boxer's hard-nosed training regimen prepared him for the toughest fights.
- The politician's hard-nosed negotiating skills helped him achieve his goals.
- The team's hard-nosed defense held their opponents scoreless for multiple quarters.
- The hard-nosed journalist refused to be silenced by threats or intimidation.
- The surgeon's hard-nosed approach ensured the successful completion of the delicate operation.
- The teacher's hard-nosed discipline maintained order in a challenging classroom.
- The hard-nosed negotiator managed to secure a favorable deal despite intense pressure.
- The veteran's hard-nosed resilience enabled him to overcome adversity and achieve his dreams.
FAQs About the word hard-nosed
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
adamant, hardened,stubborn, steadfast, hardheaded, wilful, determined, pigheaded, relentless, immovable
amenable, willing,flexible, complying, obedient, compliant, receptive, willing, agreeable, obedient
The hard-nosed detective pursued the elusive criminal with unwavering determination.
The company's hard-nosed CEO demanded nothing less than excellence from his employees.
The boxer's hard-nosed training regimen prepared him for the toughest fights.
The politician's hard-nosed negotiating skills helped him achieve his goals.
