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hard line
adjective as in intractable/intransigent
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- 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
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adjective as in tough
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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
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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
However, there is a hard line with social injustice, and systematic issues.
Holding a hard line in Congress won’t make Americans feel like politics works for them.
Bailey acknowledges the economic realities that have led publishers to take a hard line on copyright issues, as is happening in this case, but says that battling nonprofits like the Internet Archive won’t solve the industry’s problems.
Democrats also broke up total Republican control of four other states, allowing them to take a hard line in negotiations with the GOP and bend legislation to their will.
So you know, more vocal about their cause and their position or bringing them increasingly into the hard line and even getting them to donate.
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 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hard-line, such as: hard-core, militant, staunch, uncompromising, unyielding, and adamant.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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