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What is another word for hard-ass?

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Noun

A physically (or mentally) tough and strong person

A person who exerts authority over others

Adjective

Tough and strong, physically or mentally

Favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority

Stubbornly, and perhaps unreasonably, holding to an opinion, decision or purpose

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Noun

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A physically (or mentally) tough and strong person

“Man, he was a hard-ass. We'd heard that he was in the Korean War and that he was so tough, he didn't even carry a gun.”

Noun

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A person who exerts authority over others

Adjective

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Tough and strong, physically or mentally

moulded^UK

molded^US

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

armoured^UK

difficult to keep down

armored^US

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“What a hard-ass woman, like she was grafted from a different material than most women.”

Adjective

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Favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

throwing one's weight around

throwing one's weight about

too big for your boots

too big for your breeches

too big for your britches

not backward in coming forward

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

cliquish

shameless

blowing one's own horn

offensively self-assertive

of preconceived ideas

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Adjective

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Stubbornly, and perhaps unreasonably, holding to an opinion, decision or purpose

full of determination

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

focused^US

as stubborn as a mule

standing one's ground

focussed^UK

galvanized^US

sticking to one's guns

with a will of one's own

determined to have one's own way

galvanised^UK

with a heart of stone

fossilized^US

fossilised^UK

proof against persuasion

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

committed to the idea of

intensely competitive

in-your-face

fiercely competitive

stop at nothing

having killer instinct

humourless^UK

humorless^US

honourable^UK

honorable^US

set in one's opinions

having a killer instinct

nose to the grindstone

engaged

enthralled

heartfelt

meaning what one says

not backward in coming forward

take-charge

difficult to keep down

as tough as old boots

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