hard-shell Sentence Examples
- The hermit crab carried its hard-shell home on its back.
- The turtle's hard-shell provided protection from predators.
- The lobster's claws were covered in a hard-shell exterior.
- The armadillo curled up into its hard-shell defense mechanism.
- The hard-shell pecans required a strong nutcracker to crack them open.
- The hard-shell beetles could withstand being stepped on.
- The hard-shell helmet protected the soldier's head during combat.
- The hard-shell case contained delicate scientific equipment.
- The hard-shell clams remained closed, even when touched.
- The hard-shell crab was a popular dish in seafood restaurants.
hard-shell Meaning
Webster
hard-shell (a.)
Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
Synonyms & Antonyms of hard-shell
Synonyms:
- hard-line
- tenacious
- stouthearted
- strict
- rigid
- iron
- stern
- inexorable
- severe
- hidebound
- relentless
- persistent
- firm
- steadfast
- unflinching
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- narrow-minded
- single-minded
- implacable
- determined
- uncompromising
- hell-bent
- hard-nosed
- refractory
- hardened
- immovable
- wrongheaded
- cantankerous
- stubborn
- set
- hardheaded
- resolved
- unbending
- intransigent
- obdurate
- obstinate
- obsessive
- bloody-minded
- unyielding
- wayward
- inflexible
- pertinacious
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- wilful
- anal-retentive
- contumacious
- pat
- disobedient
- stiff-necked
- headstrong
- ungovernable
- froward
- perverse
- cussed
- ossified
- uncooperative
- self-opinionated
- unmanageable
- opinionated
- unrelenting
- inconvincible
- contrary
- mulish
- self-willed
- dogged
- hard
- bullheaded
- willful
- adamantine
- recalcitrant
- insurgent
- mutinous
- intractable
- unruly
- defiant
- pigheaded
- adamant
- insubordinate
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word hard-shell
Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
hard-line, tenacious, stouthearted, strict, rigid, iron, stern, inexorable, severe, hidebound
flexible, obedient, acquiescent, pliant, agreeable, complying, pliant, agreeable, compliant,flexible
The hermit crab carried its hard-shell home on its back.
The turtle's hard-shell provided protection from predators.
The lobster's claws were covered in a hard-shell exterior.
The armadillo curled up into its hard-shell defense mechanism.
