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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

A figurative trait denoting emotional resilience or insensitivity to criticism or negativity

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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

ill-humored^US

somber^US

sombre^UK

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

raging

cavillous

wounding

like a bear with a sore head

unfavorable^US

rubbing the wrong way

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

agonizing^US

straight from the shoulder

gray^US

grey^UK

agonising^UK

knock-down-and-drag-out

having a killer instinct

throwing one's weight about

at each other's throats

like a bull in a china shop

sticking to one's guns

standing one's ground

not mincing one's words

speaking one's mind

calling a spade a spade

not beating about the bush

having got out of bed on the wrong side

as cross as two sticks

foul-tempered

having got out of bed the wrong side

terrorizing^US

proof against persuasion

wintry^US

terrorising^UK

not afraid to call a spade a spade

wintery^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

standing one's ground

focused^US

fossilized^US

fossilised^UK

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

full of determination

focussed^UK

patient

tough nut to crack

cold fish

proof against persuasion

difficult to keep down

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

with a heart of stone

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

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A figurative trait denoting emotional resilience or insensitivity to criticism or negativity

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