hard-shelled Antonyms
Strongest:
- docile
- pliant
- compliant
- pliant
- agreeable
- pliable
- complying
- acquiescent
- complying
- docile
- flexible
- compliant
- obedient
- pliable
- acquiescent
- agreeable
- amenable
- obedient
- flexible
- amenable
Strong:
- receptive
- responsive
- submissive
- accepting
- placable
- receptive
- tractable
- responsive
- reasonable
- manageable
- willing
- temperate
- placable
- yielding
- yielding
- tractable
- reasonable
- temperate
- accepting
- willing
- submissive
- manageable
Weak:
Strongest:
- persistent
- hard-line
- rigid
- unflinching
- steadfast
- iron
- hidebound
- severe
- inexorable
- strict
- stouthearted
- tenacious
- relentless
- firm
- stern
Strong:
- resolved
- intransigent
- cantankerous
- uncompromising
- hell-bent
- narrow-minded
- single-minded
- refractory
- implacable
- immovable
- hard-nosed
- stubborn
- determined
- obstinate
- obdurate
- unyielding
- inflexible
- set
- obsessive
- hardened
- wayward
- wrongheaded
- pertinacious
- hardheaded
- unbending
- bloody-minded
Weak:
- stiff-necked
- opinionated
- pigheaded
- adamant
- ossified
- self-opinionated
- dogged
- recalcitrant
- hard
- bullheaded
- defiant
- disobedient
- contumacious
- contrary
- unruly
- willful
- inconvincible
- ungovernable
- perverse
- froward
- insubordinate
- self-willed
- insurgent
- unmanageable
- adamantine
- wilful
- unrelenting
- mulish
- headstrong
- cussed
- intractable
- mutinous
- pat
- anal-retentive
- uncooperative
Meaning of hard-shelled
hard-shelled (s)
of animals or plants that have a hard shell
hard-shelled Sentence Examples
- The turtle's hard-shelled exterior protected it from the claws of its predators.
- The hard-shelled eggs of the tortoise required careful handling to avoid breakage.
- The hermit crab's body was soft, but it found a hard-shelled home in an abandoned snail shell.
- The armadillo's hard-shelled back served as an effective defense against its enemies.
- The hard-shelled nut's tough exterior hid its sweet and nutritious kernel.
- The oyster's hard-shelled exterior protected its delicate body from the harsh ocean currents.
- The lobster's hard-shelled claws were used for capturing and crushing its prey.
- The hard-shelled beetles scurried across the forest floor, their shiny carapaces reflecting the sunlight.
- The archaeologist carefully excavated the hard-shelled remains of an ancient snail fossil.
- The hard-shelled helmet provided the soldier with protection from enemy fire.
FAQs About the word hard-shelled
of animals or plants that have a hard shell
persistent,hard-line, rigid, unflinching, steadfast, iron, hidebound, severe, inexorable, strict
docile, pliant, compliant, pliant, agreeable, pliable, complying, acquiescent, complying, docile
The turtle's hard-shelled exterior protected it from the claws of its predators.
The hard-shelled eggs of the tortoise required careful handling to avoid breakage.
The hermit crab's body was soft, but it found a hard-shelled home in an abandoned snail shell.
The armadillo's hard-shelled back served as an effective defense against its enemies.
