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