hard-shell Synonyms
Strongest:
- severe
- persistent
- hidebound
- unflinching
- firm
- hard-line
- stouthearted
- steadfast
- relentless
- tenacious
- rigid
- inexorable
- iron
- strict
- stern
Strong:
- hardened
- resolved
- wrongheaded
- pertinacious
- unbending
- single-minded
- obstinate
- immovable
- hell-bent
- inflexible
- determined
- uncompromising
- obsessive
- intransigent
- wayward
- implacable
- stubborn
- set
- hardheaded
- unyielding
- cantankerous
- obdurate
- bloody-minded
- narrow-minded
- refractory
- hard-nosed
Weak:
- intractable
- anal-retentive
- defiant
- adamant
- cussed
- pigheaded
- perverse
- willful
- pat
- bullheaded
- self-willed
- dogged
- opinionated
- wilful
- froward
- recalcitrant
- ungovernable
- stiff-necked
- disobedient
- adamantine
- unmanageable
- contumacious
- inconvincible
- mulish
- insurgent
- hard
- uncooperative
- insubordinate
- ossified
- contrary
- self-opinionated
- mutinous
- headstrong
- unrelenting
- unruly
Strongest:
- acquiescent
- pliable
- compliant
- pliable
- flexible
- amenable
- pliant
- docile
- agreeable
- compliant
- docile
- agreeable
- acquiescent
- pliant
- flexible
- amenable
- obedient
- complying
- complying
- obedient
Strong:
- yielding
- placable
- accepting
- reasonable
- yielding
- receptive
- manageable
- receptive
- tractable
- manageable
- willing
- reasonable
- tractable
- temperate
- submissive
- responsive
- accepting
- submissive
- willing
- placable
- responsive
- temperate
Weak:
hard-shell Meaning
Webster
hard-shell (a.)
Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
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.
FAQs About the word hard-shell
Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
severe, persistent, hidebound, unflinching, firm,hard-line, stouthearted, steadfast, relentless, tenacious
acquiescent, pliable, compliant, pliable,flexible, amenable, pliant, docile, agreeable, compliant
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.
