- hard-headed adj
- [ˌhɒːd'hɛdɪd]
pratico (-a)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
hard-headed adj
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hard-headed — adj practical and able to make difficult decisions without letting your emotions affect your judgment ▪ a hard headed business tycoon … Dictionary of contemporary English
hard-headed — ADJ GRADED You use hard headed to describe someone who is practical and determined to get what they want or need, and who does not allow emotions to affect their actions. ...a hard headed and shrewd businesswoman... They are taking a hard headed… … English dictionary
hard-headed — adj 1. practical, shrewd, cool, cool headed, rational, level headed; sensible, well balanced, sound, sane, clear headed, resourceful; sharp, sharp witted, keen, acute, discerning, clear thinking, alert, aware, astute, judicious, sagacious, wise.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hard-headed — adj. practical, realistic; not sentimental. Derivatives: hard headedly adv. hard headedness n … Useful english dictionary
ˌhard-ˈheaded — adj able to make decisions without being influenced by your emotions … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
hard-nosed — adj hard headed, tough, unsentimental, practical; shrewd, prudent, sensible, efficient, calculating, politic, businesslike; uncompromising, unbending, hard line, Inf. one way … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hard-nosed — adjective guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory a hardheaded appraisal of our position a hard nosed labor leader completely practical in his approach to business not ideology but pragmatic politics • Syn: ↑hardheaded,… … Useful english dictionary
hard-bitten — adj 1. tough, hard, stubborn, strong willed; rigid, uncompromising, hard shell; obstinate, bullet headed, obdurate, pertinacious, mulish; headstrong, opinionated, pig headed. 2. casehardened, hardened, inured, thick skinned, insensitive,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hard-boiled — hard boiledness, n. /hahrd boyld /, adj. 1. Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify. 2. Informal. tough; unsentimental: a hard boiled vice squad detective. 3. marked by a direct, clear headed… … Universalium
intransigent — adj 1. uncompromising, irreconcilable, implacable, unappeasable, inexorable; unrelenting, relentless, unmerciful, pitiless, hard hearted, unfeeling; impervious, uninfluenced, unaffected, unmoved, unpersuaded, untouched. 2. unyielding, unbending,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
luminous — adj 1. shining, bright, sunny, lighted, lit, alight, illuminated, well lighted; radiant, lambent, resplendent, brilliant, dazzling, ablaze, aflame, afire; fulgent, effulgent, refulgent; lustrous, lucid, lucent, Rare. relucent; glowing, aglow,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
