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