: hard or cold in manner or approach : dispassionate
a hard-eyed view of the candidates
Examples of hard-eyed in a Sentence
stared back at the prisoner with a hard-eyed glint
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“Hard-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-eyed. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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