hard-nose
hard-nose noun: a hard-nosed person; one who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment. Also the alternative form of hard-nosed.
Noun
hard-nose (plural hard-noses)
- A hard-nosed person; one who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
Also used as
hard-nose is also the alternative form of hard-nosed.
Forms of hard-nose
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hard-noses |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more hard-nose |
| superlative | most hard-nose |
Origin of hard-nose
From hard + nose.
Words that rhyme with hard-nose
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- interpose
- propose
- gloze
- oppose
- disclose
- foreclose
- prose
- snows
- turn up one's nose
- unclose
- adipose
- appose
- arose
- chose
- counterpose
- croze
- decompose
- doze
- enclose
- froze
- hoes
- knows
- adoze
- apollos
- beaus
- beprose
- blows
- bose
- bros
- châteaux
- cloze
- coze
- crows
- does
- dos
- doughs
- fallows
- fellows
- flows
- foes
- follows
- foredispose
- frows
- glows
- goes
- grows
- hollows
- joes
Questions about hard-nose
- What does hard-nose mean?
- Hard-nose means a hard-nosed person; one who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
- What part of speech is hard-nose?
- Hard-nose is a noun.
- What is the plural of hard-nose?
- The plural of hard-nose is hard-noses.
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