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hardnose

hardnose is the alternative form of hard-nose.

hardnose is the alternative form of hard-nosed.

Meaning of hard-nose

Noun

hard-nose (plural hard-noses)

  1. A hard-nosed person; one who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.

Meaning of hard-nosed

Adjective

hard-nosed

  1. Guided by practical experience and observation rather than by theory.
  2. (idiomatic) Hardheaded, stubborn.
  3. Tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.

Forms of hardnose

Noun
pluralhardnoses
Adjective
comparativemore hardnose
superlativemost hardnose

Questions about hardnose

What is hardnose the alternative form of?
Hardnose is the alternative form of hard-nose.

Words near hardnose in the dictionary

  1. hardness of hearing
  2. hardnesse
  3. hardnesses
  4. Hardnett
  5. Hardnetts
  6. hardnose
  7. hardnosed
  8. hardnoses
  9. hardo
  10. hardo bread
  11. hardock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hardnose (page history and authors); hard-nose (page history and authors); hard-nosed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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