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Synonyms for hardshell
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hahrd-shel |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrdˌʃɛl |
Top 10 synonyms for hardshell Other synonyms for the word hardshell
- accepted
- accustomed
- ascetic
- astringent
- austere
- bitter
- bullheaded
- by the book
- chronic
- comfortless
- contrary
- cruel
- cussed
- deep-rooted
- deep-seated
- determined
- disciplinary
- discourteous
- dour
- dyed-in-the-wool
- entrenched
- firmly established
- fixed
- foolhardy
- forbidding
- froward
- frowning
- gruff
- habituated
- hairy
- hang-tough
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-core
- hard-line
- hard-shell
- hardened
- hardheaded
- heedless
- implacable
- imprudent
- ineradicable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- ingrained
- intractable
- inured
- inveterate
- irradicable
- locked-in
- long-established
- mean
- mortified
- mule
- mulish
- murder
- obstinate
- perverse
- pig-headed
- pitiless
- proved
- rash
- reckless
- refractory
- relentless
- rigorous
- rough
- seasoned
- self-willed
- set
- settled
- severe
- sharp
- staid
- steely
- stern
- stiff-necked
- strict
- stringent
- strong-minded
- stubborn
- tough
- uncivil
- uncontrollable
- unfeeling
- ungovernable
- ungracious
- unkind
- unpleasant
- unrelenting
- unruly
- unsparing
- unyielding
- val
- valid
- wicked
- willful
- worn
Définition of hardshell
- As in stern : adj serious, authoritarian
- As in hard-shell : adj confirmed
- As in ineradicable : adj confirmed
- As in irradicable : adj confirmed
- As in confirmed : adj habitual; rooted
- As in harsh : adj nasty, abusive
- As in headstrong : adj stubborn
- Get hold of every hardshell farmer in the county, he told the girls.
- Extract from : « Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross » by Alice B. Emerson
- The hardshell nuts resemble those of the gray pine, but are considered more valuable for food.
- Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
- Will serve to abolish “hardshell” reading where “hardshell” preaching is no longer tolerated.
- Extract from : « Browning and the Dramatic Monologue » by S. S. Curry
- Following that date, planting became much more general, but usually with hardshell strains and always with seedling trees.
- Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the » by Various
- Now, he wuz the preacher of the Hardshell Baptist Church in this community.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration
- He had a nice family, a good house, and he was a clever gentleman, and a "hardshell" Baptist of the first water.
- Extract from : « Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel » by Frank G. Allen
- The people known as "Hardshell" Baptists do not wish to be called by that name.
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler » by Pardee Butler
Antonyms for hardshell
- agreeable
- bland
- calm
- cheerful
- compassionate
- considerate
- courteous
- docile
- easy
- facile
- flexible
- friendly
- funny
- gentle
- giving
- good
- indefinite
- inexact
- infrequent
- kind
- lenient
- light
- merciful
- mild
- moderate
- nice
- obedient
- peaceful
- pleasant
- pleasing
- polite
- smiling
- smooth
- soft
- sporadic
- submissive
- sympathetic
- tolerant
- uncommitted
- unconfirmed
- undecided
- wonderful
- yielding
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