hard-edged
[ hahrd-ejd ]
/ ˈhɑrdˌɛdʒd /
adjective
realistic and uncompromising: a hard-edged documentary.
Words nearby hard-edged
hard-boiled, hard-case, hard-coated, hard-core, hard-edge, hard-edged, hard-faced, hard-favored, hard-featured, hard-fisted, hard-handed
Origin of hard-edged
First recorded in 1950–55
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Examples from the Web for hard-edged
A crowd came, listened, and asked some hard-edged questions.
The former George W. Bush lieutenant is getting serious blowback from the hard-edged right.
Soft-looking or delicate clouds foretell fine weather, with moderate or light breezes; hard-edged oily-looking clouds, wind.
The beach was steep there: it would ride it until it was flung down by that fringe of toppling, hard-edged breakers.
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