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- pronunciation:
- hard
boIld
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
of an egg, boiled in the shell until firm all the way through. (Cf. soft-boiled.)
There are slices of hard-boiled egg in the salad.- antonyms:
- soft-boiled
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| definition 2: |
(informal) not swayed by sentiment; realistic.
He was a hard-boiled detective and his client's sad story didn't move him in the least.- antonyms:
- sentimental, soft-boiled
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down-to-earth |
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