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What is another word for hard-shell?

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Adjective

Having, or covered by, a (hard) shell

Being such by habit, long-established, and not likely to change

(of a person or governing body) Cruel or severe in nature

Energetically wilful and determined

Ability to withstand

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Adjective

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Having, or covered by, a (hard) shell

shelled

hardshelled

“To clean whole, cooked, hard-shell crab: Break off the claws, then pull off the back and remove all spongy parts underneath.”

Adjective

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Being such by habit, long-established, and not likely to change

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“Yet they had not quite shaken off all ties with the hard-shell faith of the backwoods.”

Adjective

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(of a person or governing body) Cruel or severe in nature

with a heart of stone

somber^US

sombre^UK

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

gray^US

grey^UK

knock-down-and-drag-out

having a killer instinct

throwing one's weight about

at each other's throats

throwing weight around

sticking to one's guns

hold your ground

standing one's ground

ill-humored^US

terrorizing^US

proof against persuasion

terrorising^UK

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Adjective

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Energetically wilful and determined

as stubborn as a mule

with a will of one's own

determined to have one's own way

sticking to one's guns

unforgiving

standing one's ground

unfavorable^US

focused^US

fossilized^US

fossilised^UK

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

full of determination

focussed^UK

proof against persuasion

difficult to keep down

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

committed to the idea of

hell bent on

sombre^UK

somber^US

disciplinarian

not up for negotiation

ascetical

hardhearted

pressing

not have the time for

at each other's throats

as straight as an arrow

not subject to change

molded^US

moulded^UK

set in one's opinions

fixed in one's views

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Noun

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Ability to withstand

thick skin

apathy

armour^UK

armor^US

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