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hardnosed
adjective as in mean
adjective as in obdurate
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- adamant
- bullhead
- callous
- cold fish
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- hanging tough
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- hard-nosed
- harsh
- heartless
- immovable
- implacable
- indurate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- iron
- mean
- mulish
- obstinate
- perverse
- relentless
- rigid
- set in stone
- stiff-necked
- thick-skinned
- tough
- unbending
- uncompassionate
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- unemotional
- unfeeling
- unimpressible
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- unsympathetic
- unyielding
adjective as in ornery
adjective as in perverse
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- abnormal
- bad-tempered
- cantankerous
- capricious
- contrary
- contumacious
- corrupt
- crabby
- cross
- degenerate
- delinquent
- depraved
- deviant
- disobedient
- dogged
- erring
- fractious
- hard-nosed
- headstrong
- intractable
- intransigent
- irritable
- miscreant
- mulish
- nefarious
- obdurate
- obstinate
- petulant
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- refractory
- rotten
- self-willed
- spiteful
- stubborn
- unhealthy
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unyielding
- villainous
- wayward
- willful
adjective as in severe
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- ascetic
- astringent
- austere
- biting
- caustic
- close
- cold
- cruel
- cutting
- despotic
- disapproving
- dour
- earnest
- firm
- flinty
- forbidding
- grave
- grim
- hard
- hard-nosed
- inconsiderate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- iron-handed
- obdurate
- oppressive
- peremptory
- pitiless
- resolute
- resolved
- rigid
- rigorous
- satirical
- scathing
- sober
- stern
- stiff
- strait-laced
- tight-lipped
- tyrannical
- unalterable
- unbending
- unchanging
- unfeeling
- unrelenting
- unsmiling
- unsparing
adjective as in stern
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adjective as in stringent
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adjective as in strong
adjective as in tough
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adjective as in unyielding
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adjective as in hardheaded
adjective as in hard-nosed
adjective as in tough-minded
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adjective as in adamant
adjective as in contemptuous
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adjective as in dogged
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adjective as in hard-boiled
adjective as in hard-line
adjective as in hard-nosed/hardheaded
adjective as in harsh
adjective as in headstrong
adjective as in immovable
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She made time for her children while still being a hardnosed attorney and now first lady.
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On this page you'll find 904 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hardnosed, such as: callous, dangerous, evil, hard, malicious, and nasty.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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