All hardboiled synonyms

adjective hardboiled

• coarse — Coarse things have a rough texture because they consist of thick threads or large pieces.
• crude — A crude method or measurement is not exact or detailed, but may be useful or correct in a rough, general way.
• blah — You use blah, blah, blah to refer to something that is said or written without giving the actual words, because you think that they are boring or unimportant.
• down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
• chill — When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
• down home — of, relating to, or exhibiting the simple, familiar, or folksy qualities associated with one's family or with rural areas, especially of the southern U.S.: down-home cooking; down-home hospitality.
• glacial — of or relating to glaciers or ice sheets.
• dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• listless — having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
• easygoing — going easily, as a horse.
• marble — Alice, 1913–90, U.S. tennis player.
• homely — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
• passionless — not feeling or moved by passion; cold or unemotional; calm or detached.
• indelicate — offensive to a sense of generally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency; improper, unrefined, or coarse: indelicate language.
• undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
• lowbred — characterized by or characteristic of low or vulgar breeding; ill-bred; coarse.
• non-excitable — easily excited: Prima donnas had the reputation of being excitable and temperamental.
• lusty — full of or characterized by healthy vigor.
• hang tough — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• natural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
• level-headed — having common sense and sound judgment; sensible.
• ribald — vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.
• tough nut — difficult person
• robust — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
• tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
• uninhibited — not inhibited or restricted: uninhibited freedom to act.
• unrefined — not refined; not purified, as substances: unrefined metal.
• impassible — incapable of suffering pain.
• bleak — If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
• lifelike — resembling or simulating real life: a lifelike portrait.
• grim — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
• true — being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.
• harsh — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
• true-life — similar to everyday life; realistic: true-life episodes.
• painful — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
• truthful — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
• acrimonious — Acrimonious words or quarrels are bitter and angry.
• compassionless — having no compassion
• angry — When you are angry, you feel strong dislike or impatience about something.
• naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
• antagonistic — If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
• austere — If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
• bitter — In a bitter argument or conflict, people argue very angrily or fight very fiercely.
• dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
• disagreeable — contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
• distressing — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
• dour — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
• exacting — Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.