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