hardheaded

  • 1hardheaded — hard head ed, hard headed hard head ed, a. Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd; practical and pragmatic. {Hard head ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2hardheaded — index perspicacious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3hardheaded — [härd′hed΄id] adj. 1. shrewd and unsentimental; practical; matter of fact 2. stubborn; obstinate; dogged hardheadedly adv. hardheadedness n …

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  • 4hardheaded — adjective Date: 1583 1. stubborn, willful 2. concerned with or involving practical considerations ; sober, realistic < some hardheaded advice > < a hardheaded observer of winds and tides > • hardheadedly adverb • hardheadedness …

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  • 5hardheaded — mod. stubborn. □ Gary is a real hardheaded guy. □ Anybody that hardheaded is going to have trouble with everybody …

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  • 6hardheaded — {adj.} Stubborn; shrewd; practical. * /Don is a hardheaded businessman who made lots of money, even during the recession./ …

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  • 7hardheaded — {adj.} Stubborn; shrewd; practical. * /Don is a hardheaded businessman who made lots of money, even during the recession./ …

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  • 8hardheaded — adj Stubborn; shrewd; practical. Don is a hardheaded businessman who made lots of money, even during the recession …

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  • 9hardheaded — adjective a hardheaded jurist Syn: unsentimental, practical, pragmatic, businesslike, realistic, sensible, rational, clear thinking, coolheaded, down to earth, matter of fact, no nonsense, with both feet on the ground; tough, hard bitten; shrewd …

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  • 10hardheaded — hard nosed / hardheaded [adj] stubborn astute, bullheaded*, hard*, hard boiled*, headstrong, intractable, levelheaded, locked in*, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded*, practical, pragmatic, rational, realistic, resolute,&#8230; …

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