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hard–nosed
adjective \ˈhärd-ˈnōzd\
: very tough
: not influenced by emotions : practical and realistic
Full Definition of HARD-NOSED
1
: being tough, stubborn, or uncompromising
2
: hardheaded 2, tough-minded
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First Known Use of HARD-NOSED
circa 1927
Related to HARD-NOSED
- Synonyms
- adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, hard-nosed, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
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