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