hard-headed
adjective
tough, realistic, or shrewd; not moved by sentiment
hard-headedness
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a word derived from
hard-headed.
Example Sentences
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"There is a hard-headedness where each state thinks they know how to handle it better and will stick to their remedies even when they are not very effective," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
However, despite the polling and a steady barrage of “Resign Rahm” protests since November, almost no one expects Emanuel, known for his hard-headedness, to assent.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2016
I ask, with the hard-headedness of a woodpecker.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2015
In 1986, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who warmed to his hard-headedness, appointed him vice-chairman of the BBC board of governors, recalled The Guardian.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2014
And yet in that short walk between the green turf and the yellow sands he was destined to find, his hard-headedness provoked into a not unfamiliar phase which the world was inclined to call hot-headedness.
From The Trees of Pride by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
