ALL meanings of hard-nosed
hard-nose
H h - adjective hard-nosed tough, uncompromising 1
- adjective hard-nosed hardheaded or tough; unsentimentally practical: a hard-nosed labor leader. 1
- adjective hard-nosed guided by practical experience and observation rather than by theory. 0
- adjective hard-nosed (Idiomatic) hardheaded, stubborn. 0
- adjective hard-nosed You use hard-nosed to describe someone who is tough and realistic, and who takes decisions on practical grounds rather than emotional ones. 0
- adjective hard-nosed tough, shrewd, and practical 0
- adjective hard-nosed indomitable; tough; stubborn 0
- adjective hard-nosed shrewd and practical 0