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