Tom is a hard-nosed, tough customer.
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Hard-nosed
Synonyms for "hard-nosed" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (9)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(6 words)
Related words (14)
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10 translations across 7 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- halsstarrig adj (stubborn)
- realistisch adj (pragmatic)
French
1 entries- pragmatique adj (pragmatic)
German
1 entries- pragmatisch adj (pragmatic)
Italian
1 entries- pragmatico adj (pragmatic)
Japanese
2 entries- 抜け目ない adj (stubborn)
- 頑固な adj (stubborn)
Māori
2 entries- taikaha adj (stubborn)
- tūkaha adj (stubborn)
Spanish
1 entries- pragmático adj (pragmatic)
Sample sentences
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Lina Khan, 32, a professor at Columbia Law School prior to her nomination, is known for advocating a hard-nosed approach to the regulation of large technology firms like Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple. She was nominated to fill an open seat on the FTC in March, and on Tuesday she was confirmed in a bipartisan 69‒28 vote in the Senate.
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