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hard-nosed
adjective as in tough and shrewd
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Normally an air accident investigation would involve a swarm of hard-nosed engineers and scientists poring over wreckage.
Hard-nosed criticism is squeezed out by soft stories, gossip and fluff.
“Politics is a hard-nosed game, and the right has been playing Marquess of Queensbury Rules for a long time on this,” he said.
Documents released by the British archives reveal Thatcher as a hard-nosed opponent of Israel's West Bank settlement project.
To me this would demonstrate a hard-nosed determination that all citizens should find frightening.
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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hard-nosed, such as: hard-boiled, hardheaded, no-nonsense, tough-minded, uncompromising, and bullheaded.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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