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synonyms for hard nosed
- callous
- dangerous
- evil
- hard
- malicious
- nasty
- rough
- ugly
- vicious
- vile
- malign
- sour
- bad-tempered
- cantankerous
- churlish
- contemptible
- despicable
- difficult
- disagreeable
- dishonorable
- formidable
- hard-nosed
- ill-tempered
- infamous
- liverish
- lousy
- down and dirty
- perfidious
- pesky
- rotten
- scurrilous
- shameless
- snide
- the lowest
- treacherous
- troublesome
- unfriendly
- unpleasant
- unscrupulous
- vexatious
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How to use hard nosed in a sentence
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.
Music Criticism Has Degenerated Into Lifestyle Reporting | Ted Gioia | March 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Politics is a hard-nosed game, and the right has been playing Marquess of Queensbury Rules for a long time on this,” he said.
Al Sharpton, ‘PoliticsNation’ Advertisers Targeted in New Boycott | David Freedlander | October 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
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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