- hardheaded
- {adj.} Stubborn; shrewd; practical. * /Don is a hardheaded businessman who made lots of money, even during the recession./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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hardheaded — hard head ed, hard headed hard head ed, a. Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd; practical and pragmatic. {Hard head ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hardheaded — index perspicacious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hardheaded — [härd′hed΄id] adj. 1. shrewd and unsentimental; practical; matter of fact 2. stubborn; obstinate; dogged hardheadedly adv. hardheadedness n … English World dictionary
hardheaded — adjective Date: 1583 1. stubborn, willful 2. concerned with or involving practical considerations ; sober, realistic < some hardheaded advice > < a hardheaded observer of winds and tides > • hardheadedly adverb • hardheadedness … New Collegiate Dictionary
hardheaded — mod. stubborn. □ Gary is a real hardheaded guy. □ Anybody that hardheaded is going to have trouble with everybody … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
hardheaded — {adj.} Stubborn; shrewd; practical. * /Don is a hardheaded businessman who made lots of money, even during the recession./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hardheaded — adj Stubborn; shrewd; practical. Don is a hardheaded businessman who made lots of money, even during the recession … Словарь американских идиом
hardheaded — adjective a hardheaded jurist Syn: unsentimental, practical, pragmatic, businesslike, realistic, sensible, rational, clear thinking, coolheaded, down to earth, matter of fact, no nonsense, with both feet on the ground; tough, hard bitten; shrewd … Thesaurus of popular words
hardheaded — hard nosed / hardheaded [adj] stubborn astute, bullheaded*, hard*, hard boiled*, headstrong, intractable, levelheaded, locked in*, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded*, practical, pragmatic, rational, realistic, resolute,… … New thesaurus
hardheaded — adjective 1. unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack • Syn: ↑mulish • Similar to: ↑stubborn, ↑obstinate, ↑unregenerate • Derivationally related forms: ↑mulishness ( … Useful english dictionary
