hard-edged

[ hahrd-ejd ]

adjective

1. realistic and uncompromising:

   a hard-edged documentary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hard-edged¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

A crowd came, listened, and asked some hard-edged questions.

From The Daily Beast

Patina Miller in Pippin is the polar opposite of a princess—hard-edged and icy, wearing black pants and boots, oozing power.

From The Daily Beast

The former George W. Bush lieutenant is getting serious blowback from the hard-edged right.

From The Daily Beast

The beach was steep there: it would ride it until it was flung down by that fringe of toppling, hard-edged breakers.

From Project Gutenberg

Soft-looking or delicate clouds foretell fine weather, with moderate or light breezes;—hard edged oily-looking clouds, wind.

From Project Gutenberg

Soft-looking or delicate clouds foretell fine weather, with moderate or light breezes; hard-edged oily-looking clouds, wind.

From Project Gutenberg

Round hard-edged clouds rode on from the main body, like flying squadrons, "grim couriers" of the storm.

From Project Gutenberg

Black underneath and hard-edged, they were moving up fast from the leeward!

From Project Gutenberg