playing hard ball
Synonyms for playing hard ball
- calculated
- deliberate
- determined
- intense
- persistent
- resolute
- strong-willed
- be out for blood
- bent
- bound
- dead set on
- decided
- firm
- fixed
- intent
- mean business
- obstinate
- positive
- purposive
- settled
- single-minded
- stalwart
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady
- stubborn
- telelogical
- tenacious
- undeviating
- unfaltering
- unwavering
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Antonyms for playing hard ball
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adjectiveserious; very importantmajor-league
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adjectivecrucial, weighty- arduous
- dangerous
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- far-reaching
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- grave
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- operose
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- pressing
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- sobering
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most serious
adjectivecrucial, weighty- arduous
- dangerous
- deep
- difficult
- far-reaching
- fateful
- fell
- formidable
- grave
- grievous
- grim
- hard
- heavy
- important
- laborious
- major
- meaning business
- meaningful
- menacing
- momentous
- no joke
- no laughing matter
- of consequence
- operose
- out for blood
- playing hard ball
- pressing
- severe
- significant
- smoking
- sobering
- strenuous
- strictly business
- threatening
- tough
- ugly
- unamusing
- unhumorous
- urgent
- worrying
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.