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tough-nut
synonyms for tough-nut
- awkward
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contrary
- hang-tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- incurable
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- locked-in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- set in stone
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
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How to use tough-nut in a sentence
Altogether, it is a very tough nut to crack, and the force at our disposal none too strong for the work that lies before it.
The Invasion | William Le QueuxDrank rum by the hogshead, pounded his wife till she left him, and was a tough nut gin'rally.
Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby Lincoln"H'm, and a pretty tough nut to crack," threw in Cleek with a little laugh.
The Riddle of the Purple Emperor | Mary E. Hanshew and Thomas W. Hanshew
Point is that Houck, who always was a t-tough nut, has gone bad since the boys rode him on a rail.
The Fighting Edge | William MacLeod RaineThis particular member of the force was an unusually tough nut to crack.
Oh, You Tex! | William Macleod Raine
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