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