HARDSHELL Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word hardshell. (close relations)
Definition of HARDSHELL
Best Alternative Words for HARDSHELL
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firm | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments adverb • with resolute determination adjective satellite • marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable • not soft or yielding to pressure • strong and sure • not subject to revision or change • (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling • not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall • securely established • possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue • securely fixed in place • unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause verb • become taut or tauter • make taut or tauter | ||||||||
inflexible | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • incapable of change • not making concessions • resistant to being bent adjective satellite • incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances | ||||||||
obdurate | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing • showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings | ||||||||
rigid | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure adjective satellite • incapable of or resistant to bending • incapable of compromise or flexibility • incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances • fixed and unmoving | ||||||||
stern | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • the rear part of a ship • United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) • the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on adjective satellite • of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect • not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty • severe and unremitting in making demands • severely simple | ||||||||
tough | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not given to gentleness or sentimentality • physically toughened • resistant to cutting or chewing noun • someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing • an aggressive and violent young criminal • a cruel and brutal fellow adjective satellite • very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution • substantially made or constructed • violent and lawless • feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') • unfortunate or hard to bear • making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | ||||||||
unbending | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances | ||||||||
uncompromising | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not making concessions | ||||||||
unrelenting | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty • punishingly harsh • never-ceasing | ||||||||
unyielding | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • stubbornly unyielding • resistant to physical force or pressure |