All hardboiled synonyms

adjective hardboiled

• above — If one thing is above another one, it is directly over it or higher than it.
• staid — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
• apart — When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other.
• subdued — quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled: After the argument he was much more subdued.
• casual — If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.
• abnegating — Present participle of abnegate.
• chilly — Something that is chilly is unpleasantly cold.
• abstaining — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
• cold — Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable.
• collected — An author's collected works or letters are all their works or letters published in one book or in a set of books.
• cold fish — If you say that someone is a cold fish, you think that they are unfriendly and unemotional.
• composed — If someone is composed, they are calm and able to control their feelings.
• cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
• constrained — embarrassed, unnatural, or forced
• forbidding — grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance.
• eschewing — Present participle of eschew.
• hard-boiled — Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
• forgoing — to abstain or refrain from; do without.
• hard-hearted — unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.
• grave — the grave accent.
• incurious — not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
• inhibited — overly restrained.
• laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
• steady — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
• lone wolf — a person who prefers to live, act, or work alone or independent of others.
• clear-headed — If you describe someone as clear-headed, you mean that they are sensible and think clearly, especially in difficult situations.
• loner — a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others: He was always a loner—no one knew him well.
• drab — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
• offish — aloof; unapproachable; standoffish.
• pacific — tending to make or preserve peace; conciliatory: pacific overtures.
• reserved — kept in reserve; forming a reserve: a reserve fund; a reserve supply.
• soft — yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
• secluded — sheltered or screened from general activity, view, etc.: a secluded cottage.
• unexcited — stirred emotionally; agitated: An excited crowd awaited the arrival of the famed rock group.
• solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
• unruffled — calm; not emotionally upset or agitated; steady; unflustered: He became all excited, but she remained unruffled.
• stuck up — snobbishly conceited.
• authoritarian — If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
• supercilious — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
• flinty — composed of, containing, or resembling flint, especially in hardness.
• thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
• ascetic — An ascetic person has a way of life that is simple and strict, usually because of their religious beliefs.
• unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
• astringent — An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding.
• unconcerned — not involved or interested; disinterested.
• by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
• unfriendly — not amicable; not friendly or kindly in disposition; unsympathetic; aloof: an unfriendly coldness of manner.
• disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
• uninterested — having or showing no feeling of interest; indifferent.
• dyed-in-the-wool — through and through; complete: a dyed-in-the-wool reformer.