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View definitions for hard as nails

hard as nails

adjective as in cutthroat

adjective as in hard-boiled

adjective as in strong

adjective as in thick-skinned

adjective as in thick-skinned

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How she come to be related to that hard-as-nails Joe Stagg is a puzzler.

"Hard-as-nails" the girls sometimes called her, for she coddled nobody and expected the utmost from each one's capacity.

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On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hard-as-nails, such as: benumbed, callous, cold-hearted, hard as nails, hardhearted, and insensitive.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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