hard-nosed
adjective
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Definition of hard-nosed
1 : being tough, stubborn, or uncompromising
Synonyms & Antonyms for hard-nosed
Synonyms
adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
Antonyms
acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, flexible, pliable, pliant, relenting, yielding
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hard-nosed
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English Language Learners Definition of hard-nosed
: very tough
: not influenced by emotions : practical and realistic
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