hard-shell (Meaning)
hard-shell (a.)
Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
Synonyms & Antonyms of hard-shell
Synonyms:
- hidebound
- rigid
- strict
- stern
- iron
- severe
- tenacious
- persistent
- firm
- steadfast
- relentless
- inexorable
- stouthearted
- unflinching
- hard-line
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- single-minded
- set
- bloody-minded
- obsessive
- hardened
- obstinate
- implacable
- uncompromising
- wrongheaded
- inflexible
- obdurate
- resolved
- narrow-minded
- pertinacious
- intransigent
- hardheaded
- stubborn
- unyielding
- determined
- refractory
- cantankerous
- immovable
- unbending
- hell-bent
- hard-nosed
- wayward
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- hard
- cussed
- unmanageable
- unruly
- recalcitrant
- perverse
- unrelenting
- adamant
- ossified
- dogged
- ungovernable
- self-opinionated
- mutinous
- opinionated
- intractable
- bullheaded
- insubordinate
- mulish
- willful
- self-willed
- contumacious
- disobedient
- froward
- wilful
- uncooperative
- adamantine
- headstrong
- inconvincible
- stiff-necked
- pat
- insurgent
- contrary
- pigheaded
- defiant
- anal-retentive
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.
hidebound, rigid, strict, stern, iron, severe, tenacious, persistent, firm, steadfast
agreeable, amenable, pliable, acquiescent, obedient, complying, complying, docile, pliant, docile
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.
