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