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