adj
Meaning 1
Of a boiled egg, cooked to a solid consistency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: runny, soft-boiled
Standard Lemma guide
hard-boiled
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a person, especially a detective, callous and unsentimental.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
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: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Qualifier: especially detective fiction
Topics: literature, media, publishing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of hard-boil
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
(eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
used of persons; emotionally hardened
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- faced a case-hardened judge
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: case-hardened, hardened
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
tough and callous by virtue of experience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hard-bitten, pugnacious
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: твърдо сварен (tvǎrdo svaren) — of an egg
- Catalan: dur — of an egg
- Chinese Mandarin: 全熟 (quánshú) — of an egg
- Dutch: hardgekookt — of an egg
- Finnish: kovaksikeitetty — of an egg
- French: cuit dur — of an egg
- German: hartgekocht — of an egg
- Hawaiian: moʻa loa — of an egg
- Hebrew: קשה (kasha) — of an egg
- Hebrew: מבושלת קשה (m'vushelet kasha) — of an egg
- Hebrew: קשה מבושלת (kasha m'vushelet) — of an egg
- Icelandic: harðsoðinn — of an egg
- Italian: sodo — of an egg
- Japanese: 堅くゆでた (kataku yudeta) — of an egg
- Malay: rebus keras — of an egg
- Norwegian Bokmål: hardkokt — of an egg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hardkokt — of an egg
- Polish: na twardo — of an egg
- Portuguese: cozido — of an egg
- Romanian: fiert tare — of an egg
- Russian: вкруту́ю (vkrutúju) — of an egg
- Spanish: duro — of an egg
- Swedish: hårdkokt — of an egg
- Ukrainian: крути́й (krutýj) — of an egg
- Ukrainian: кру́то (krúto) — of an egg
- Bulgarian: груб (grub) — callous
- Bulgarian: закоравял (zakoravjal) — callous
- Finnish: piinkova — callous
- Finnish: kivenkova — callous
- Finnish: kovaksikeitetty — callous
- German: hartgesotten — callous
- Japanese: ハードボイルド (hādoboirudo) — callous
- Norwegian Bokmål: hardkokt — callous
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hardkokt — callous
- Polish: bezduszny — callous
- Swedish: hårdkokt — callous
- Swedish: rå — callous
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