Antonyms for hard as nails
Grammar : Adj, noun |
- agreeable
- aware
- bending
- bright
- broken
- caring
- changeable
- cheerful
- compassionate
- complacent
- concerned
- considerate
- controllable
- cowardice
- delicate
- disputable
- doubtful
- easy
- easy-going
- excitable
- facile
- fear
- feeble
- feeling
- flexible
- fragile
- friendly
- gentle
- giving
- hesitating
- idle
- impermanency
- impotent
- impressionable
- inactive
- indefinite
- indistinct
- ineffective
- inept
- inexact
- infirm
- insignificant
- intermittent
- irresolute
- irritable
- jittery
- kind
- laid-back
- lazy
- lethargic
- little
- loose
- low
- malleable
- merciful
- mild
- mindful
- mistakable
- moderate
- moving
- nice
- obscure
- pale
- perturbable
- pleasant
- pliable
- pliant
- poorness
- questionable
- relaxed
- responsive
- sensate
- sensitive
- simple
- slack
- sluggish
- small
- soft
- sunny
- sympathetic
- tender
- touched
- touchy
- unable
- uncaring
- uncertain
- undecided
- undependable
- undetermined
- unfixed
- unhealthy
- unimportant
- unpowerful
- unreliability
- unstable
- untrue
- untrustworthy
- vacillating
- vague
- vulnerable
- warmhearted
- wavering
- weak
- weakness
- wobbly
- yielding
Definition of hard as nails
- As in insensitive : adj indifferent, callous
- As in strong : adj healthy, powerful
- As in thick-skinned : adj hardened
- As in tough : adj sturdy, strong
- As in unbending : adj rigid, tough
- As in hard-bitten : adj hard
- As in insusceptible : adj insensitive
- As in puissant : adj strong
- As in cutthroat : adj ruthless
- As in determined : adj driven, persistent
- As in hard : adj cruel, ruthless
- As in hard-boiled : adj tough
- As in hardened : adj unfeeling
- As in heartless : adj without feeling; cold
- As in imperturbable : adj calm, collected
- As in durability : noun sturdiness over time
Synonyms for hard as nails
- able
- able-bodied
- accustomed
- acrimonious
- active
- adamantine
- aloof
- angry
- antagonistic
- assured
- athletic
- austere
- backbone
- barbarous
- bent
- bent on
- benumbed
- big
- bitter
- bleak
- bloodless
- bloodthirsty
- brawny
- brutal
- buckled down
- callous
- capable
- case-hardened
- cohesive
- cold
- cold fish
- cold-blooded
- cold-hearted
- coldhearted
- compact
- compacted
- complacent
- composed
- compressed
- concentrated
- conditioned
- consolidated
- constancy
- constant
- contemptuous
- cool
- cool as cucumber
- crass
- crisp
- cruel
- dark
- decided
- decisive
- dense
- disagreeable
- disdainful
- disimpassioned
- distant
- distressing
- do or die
- dog-eat-dog
- dogged
- dour
- dug in
- durable
- durableness
- earnest
- endurance
- enduring
- energetic
- equanimous
- exacting
- feelingless
- ferocious
- fibrous
- firm
- fit
- fixed
- flinty
- forceful
- forcible
- formal
- grievous
- grim
- grit
- guts
- gutsiness
- habituated
- hale
- hard
- hard as nails
- hard-as-nails
- hard-bitten
- hard-boiled
- hard-handed
- hard-hearted
- hard-line
- hard-nosed
- hard-shelled
- hardboiled
- hardened
- hardhearted
- hardy
- harsh
- headstrong
- healthy
- heart
- heartless
- hearty
- heavy
- heavy-duty
- hold one's ground
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- hostile
- immovable
- impassible
- impassive
- impenetrable
- imperceptive
- imperishability
- impious
- in fine feather
- inaccessible
- inclement
- incompliant
- incurious
- indigestible
- indurate
- indurated
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- inhuman
- insensitive
- intemperate
- intent
- intestinal fortitude
- intolerable
- intractable
- inured
- iron
- irreverent
- lastingness
- leathery
- locked in
- lusty
- mean business
- merciless
- mighty
- molded
- moxie
- muscular
- nerveless
- nonchalant
- obdurate
- obstinate
- obtuse
- on ice
- packed
- painful
- pat
- permanence
- persevering
- persistence
- perverse
- pitiless
- potent
- powerful
- prepared
- purposeful
- rancorous
- reinforced
- relentless
- resentful
- reserved
- resilient
- resistant
- resolute
- resolved
- rigid
- rigorous
- robust
- rocky
- roll with punches
- rough
- rugged
- ruthless
- savage
- seasoned
- secure
- sedate
- self-possessed
- self-satisfied
- serious
- set
- set in stone
- set on
- settled
- severe
- sinewy
- single-minded
- smug
- solid
- sound
- stable
- stalwart
- stamina
- standing one's ground
- standing pat
- starch
- stark
- staunch
- staying power
- steadfast
- steady
- steeled
- stern
- stick-to-itiveness
- sticking to one's guns
- stiff
- stiff upper lip
- stoical
- stony
- stout
- strapping
- strict
- stringent
- strong
- strong-minded
- strong-willed
- stubborn
- sturdy
- substantial
- tactless
- tenacious
- thick-skinned
- tight
- tough
- tough as nails
- toughened
- tranquil
- unaffected
- unashamed
- unbending
- unbreakable
- uncaring
- uncompassionate
- uncompromising
- unconcerned
- undisturbed
- unemotional
- unexcitable
- unfaltering
- unfeeling
- unflappable
- unflexible
- unflinching
- unhesitating
- unimpressionable
- unjust
- unkind
- unmoved
- unpleasant
- unprincipled
- unrelenting
- unrepenting
- unresponsive
- unruffled
- unsparing
- unsubmissive
- unsusceptible
- unswayable
- unsympathetic
- untouched
- unwavering
- unyielding
- uptight
- vengeful
- vicious
- vigorous
- well-built
- well-founded
- well-made
- withstanding
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