hard-boiled

Speech parts

1. hard-boiled - Adjective

2. hard-boiled - Verb

3. hard-boiled - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

used of persons; emotionally hardened

tough and callous by virtue of experience

(eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

Hard Boiled

Synonyms

hardened pugnacious case-hardened hard-bitten down-to-earth stony stern bullhead hard practical cold strict cool rough harsh

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Antonyms

kind benevolent sentimental nostalgic whimsical millenary

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Examples

I met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my life, but you - you're twenty minutes. Billy Wilder

It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing. Ernest Hemingway

Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg. Maya Angelou

In Cabinet the important thing is to stop people from talking. Some people are loquacious, some are eloquent. I always used to point out that rhetoric is wasted on a Cabinet of hard-boiled politicians. Clement Attlee

Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg! Terry Pratchett

Most hard-boiled people are half-baked. Wilson Mizner

Close letter words and terms

hard-bitten hard-block hard-boil hard-boiled cinema hard-boiled egg hard-boiledness