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