English Explanatory Dictionary

hard-boiled

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of a boiled egg, cooked to a solid consistency.
Of a person, especially a detective, callous and unsentimental.
Written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect.

verb

simple past and past participle of hard-boil

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hard-boiled.wav

Word forms

hard-boiled more hard-boiled most hard-boiled hardboiled hard boiled

Synonyms

harsh severe brutal callous cold cold-eyed cruel dour flint-hearted forbidding frosty grim hard hard-boiled hardened hardhearted heartless humorless icy iron-hearted insensate insensitive marble-hearted rigorous rockhearted stern stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict tough unsympathetic unmoved

Antonyms

runny soft-boiled

Derived words

hard-boiledness

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