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hard-headed
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hard-headed
adj
1. tough, realistic, or shrewd; not moved by sentiment
2. Chiefly US and Canadian stubborn; obstinate
hard-headedly  adv
hard-headedness  n
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hard-headed
adjective shrewd, tough, practical, cool, sensible, realistic, pragmatic, astute, hard-boiled (informal), hard-bitten, level-headed, unsentimental, badass (slang, chiefly U.S.) a hard-headed and shrewd businesswoman
sentimental, unrealistic, idealistic, impractical
Translations
hard-headed [ˈhɑːdˈhedɪd] ADJ (= shrewd) → realista, práctico; (= stubborn) → terco
hard-headed [ˌhɑːdˈhɛdɪd] adjpratico/a
hard-headed [ˌhɑːdˈhɛdɪd] adjpratico/a


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All such capabilities, however, spring from the native hard-headedness with which I certainly would credit Mrs Beckett.
As with other hard-core bands, the Detonators were loosely associated with the anarchy movement, but Hartnell says the hard-headedness of the cause eventually drove the band away.
Here Giroux's hard-headedness works to another (good) effect.
 
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