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