hard-shell (Meaning)
hard-shell (a.)
Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
Synonyms & Antonyms of hard-shell
Synonyms:
- rigid
- tenacious
- iron
- firm
- inexorable
- hidebound
- severe
- steadfast
- unflinching
- stern
- stouthearted
- hard-line
- relentless
- strict
- persistent
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- wayward
- set
- hard-nosed
- pertinacious
- uncompromising
- implacable
- obsessive
- unbending
- intransigent
- obdurate
- stubborn
- hell-bent
- bloody-minded
- wrongheaded
- refractory
- obstinate
- hardheaded
- immovable
- unyielding
- cantankerous
- single-minded
- resolved
- inflexible
- hardened
- narrow-minded
- determined
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- pat
- disobedient
- mulish
- self-willed
- mutinous
- ossified
- uncooperative
- pigheaded
- froward
- perverse
- hard
- bullheaded
- recalcitrant
- wilful
- anal-retentive
- willful
- defiant
- intractable
- opinionated
- contrary
- dogged
- inconvincible
- cussed
- insurgent
- unrelenting
- insubordinate
- contumacious
- adamantine
- headstrong
- stiff-necked
- ungovernable
- self-opinionated
- unmanageable
- unruly
- adamant
Antonyms:
hard-shell Sentence Examples
- The hermit crab carried its hard-shell home on its back.
- The turtle's hard-shell provided protection from predators.
- The lobster's claws were covered in a hard-shell exterior.
- The armadillo curled up into its hard-shell defense mechanism.
- The hard-shell pecans required a strong nutcracker to crack them open.
- The hard-shell beetles could withstand being stepped on.
- The hard-shell helmet protected the soldier's head during combat.
- The hard-shell case contained delicate scientific equipment.
- The hard-shell clams remained closed, even when touched.
- The hard-shell crab was a popular dish in seafood restaurants.
FAQs About the word hard-shell
Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
rigid, tenacious, iron, firm, inexorable, hidebound, severe, steadfast, unflinching, stern
docile, acquiescent, pliable, flexible, complying, compliant, amenable, amenable, acquiescent, agreeable
The hermit crab carried its hard-shell home on its back.
The turtle's hard-shell provided protection from predators.
The lobster's claws were covered in a hard-shell exterior.
The armadillo curled up into its hard-shell defense mechanism.
