All tender antonyms
ten·der
T t adj tender
- in good condition — person: fit and healthy
- in-humane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- hard-hearted — unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.
- feller — Robert William Andrew ("Bob"; "Bullet Bob") 1918–2010, U.S. baseball player.
- fierce — menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- dog eat dog — marked by destructive or ruthless competition; without self-restraint, ethics, etc.: It's a dog-eat-dog industry.
- inhumane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- merciless — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- ferine — feral1 .
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- go for broke — a simple past tense of break.
- ferocious — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- brutal — A brutal act or person is cruel and violent.
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- iron-fisted — ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- hardy — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- bloody — Bloody is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are angry.
- ironfisted — ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- hard as nails — tough, durable
- nasty — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- hang in — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- callous — A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.
- brutish — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
adjective tender
- wolfish — resembling a wolf, as in form or characteristics.
- aper — a person who apes, a mimic
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- chewy — If food is chewy, it needs to be chewed a lot before it becomes soft enough to swallow.
- fibrous — containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers.
- coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
- casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
- nonliterate — preliterate.
- gristly — resembling or containing gristle; cartilaginous.