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