HARD-NOSED


Meaning of HARD-NOSED in English

/hahrd"nohzd'/ , adj. Informal.

hardheaded or tough; unsentimentally practical: a hard-nosed labor leader.

Also, hardnosed .

[ 1885-90 ]

Syn . realistic, down-to-earth; intractable, rigid, stubborn, inflexible.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .