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