hard-nosed Antonyms
Strongest:
- agreeable
- obedient
- obedient
- pliable
- pliable
- willing
- compliant
- acquiescent
- submissive
- tractable
- docile
- tractable
- yielding
- flexible
- amenable
- receptive
- flexible
- complying
- amenable
- compliant
- responsive
- complying
- pliant
- receptive
- willing
- acquiescent
- agreeable
- pliant
- yielding
- responsive
- docile
- submissive
Strong:
- reasonable
- manageable
- placable
- temperate
- relenting
- relenting
- accepting
- temperate
- reasonable
- placable
- accepting
- manageable
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- uncompromising
- willful
- dogged
- implacable
- obsessive
- determined
- adamantine
- tenacious
- strict
- pigheaded
- relentless
- perverse
- opinionated
- inflexible
- pat
- unyielding
- intransigent
- ossified
- obdurate
- mulish
- hard
- obstinate
- pertinacious
- hardheaded
- immovable
- unbending
- headstrong
- unrelenting
- persistent
- bullheaded
- wilful
Weak:
- hard-line
- cantankerous
- confirmed
- hidebound
- bloody-minded
- unconquerable
- intractable
- hard-shell
- stiff-necked
- unruly
- deaf-to-reason
- unflinching
- iron
- recalcitrant
- indomitable
- resolved
- inconvincible
- stouthearted
- uncooperative
- inexorable
- stern
- insubordinate
- refractory
- self-willed
- demanding
- unregenerate
- wayward
- severe
- defiant
- insurgent
- anal-retentive
- exacting
- contrary
- rigid
- mutinous
- hell-bent
- contumacious
- wrongheaded
- inveterate
- cussed
- narrow-minded
- self-opinionated
- ungovernable
- set
- single-minded
- hard-shelled
- invincible
- unmanageable
- disobedient
- firm
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
steadfast, adamant, hardened,stubborn,uncompromising, willful, dogged, implacable, obsessive, determined
agreeable, obedient, obedient, pliable, pliable, willing, compliant, acquiescent, submissive, tractable
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.
