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