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hard-nosed Definition

☆ hard·-nosed (härd′nōzd′)

adjective

  1. indomitable; tough; stubborn
  2. shrewd and practical

hard-nosed Related Forms

hard′·nose′ noun

hard-nosed Synonyms

hard-nosed

modif.

stubborn, unyielding, hard-headed; see obstinate 1, resolute 2.

hard-nosed Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • approach: For all the emphasis on people, Leng and his partners would not be where they are today without a hard-nosed approach to finances.
  • businessman: Since then we'd had lots of meetings and he was a hard-nosed businessman.
  • business: And all approaches have successfully served the same hard-nosed business aims at their core: build the brand; sell the product.
  • tycoon: She is no longer a princess but a hard-nosed corporate business tycoon who owns the planet financially and from the technological stand-point.
  • world: Yet in the hard-nosed world of politics morality counts for little.
  • reporter: I doubt whether these will be embraced by the hard-nosed tabloid reporters who stir up instant outrage over Turner Prize exhibitions.

Modifying Another Word

very: From then on I knew that nothing was impossible in the very hard-nosed world of fashion.