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