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hard line
adjective as in intractable/intransigent
Weak matches
- awkward
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contrary
- hang-tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- incurable
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- locked-in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- set in stone
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in irreconcilable
adjective as in opinionated
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- adamant
- arbitrary
- biased
- bigoted
- bossy
- bullheaded
- cocksure
- conceited
- dictatorial
- doctrinaire
- dogmatic
- hard-line
- high-handed
- inflexible
- intransigent
- locked-in
- obdurate
- obstinate
- one-sided
- oracular
- overbearing
- pigheaded
- positive
- pragmatic
- pragmatical
- prejudiced
- self-assertive
- set in stone
- set on
- single-minded
- tilted
- uncompromising
- unyielding
- weighted
adjective as in rigid
Strongest matches
adjective as in stern
Strong matches
adjective as in tough
Strong matches
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adjective as in unbending
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- aloof
- distant
- do-or-die
- dug in
- formal
- hard as nails
- hard-line
- hold one's ground
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- incompliant
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- intractable
- locked-in
- obdurate
- relentless
- resolute
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- standing one's ground
- standing pat
- sticking to one's guns
- stiff
- strict
- stubborn
- uncompromising
- unflexible
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
- uptight
adjective as in uncompromising
adjective as in unyielding
Strongest matches
adjective as in intractable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- awkward
- bull-headed
- cantankerous
- contrary
- fractious
- hang-tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- locked
- locked-in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pig-headed
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in all-or-nothing
Strongest matches
adjective as in hard-boiled
adjective as in hard-line
noun as in iron hand
adjective as in firm
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Example Sentences
And what deepens the mystery to me is what his hard-line position gets him.
His detractors tried to undermine his standing with Reagan, but he had support from an unlikely source—hard-line conservatives.
Mitchell himself has taken a hard line against disclosures of financial information concerning his for-profit companies.
The militants first escorted the buses to a Sharia court, where their hard-line version of Islamic law reigns supreme.
But his ultra-hard-line stance against a political solution and peace talks put him at odds with the collective leadership.
She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
He looked at the girl, her white face, the hard line made by a mouth that should be sweet and gentle.
He encountered a small, hard line, like a lead-line, being paid out from the forecastle and carried aft by the man who had passed.
The lips of Professor Sykes lost their genial curve; they straightened to a hard line.
Jim's Irish blue eyes were black with anger this morning and his lips set in a firm, hard line.
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On this page you'll find 538 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hard line, such as: awkward, bullheaded, cantankerous, contrary, hang tough, and hard-line.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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