Hard-boiled

Hard-boiled (adjective)

1. Describes an egg cooked in boiling water until the inside is solid.
2. Describes someone who is tough, not showing emotions easily.

Common collocations: hard-boiled egg, peel a hard-boiled egg, hard-boiled detective, hard-boiled character, hard-boiled attitude

Synonyms of Hard-boiled

Antonyms of Hard-boiled

• — describing emotional or tender attitudes
• — describing compassionate or gentle attitudes