Hard-bitten
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hard-bitten is an adjective meaning Callous and toughened by experience.
Meaning
Callous and toughened by experience.
Example Sentences
Kirsten Dunst stars as Lee, a hardbitten photojournalist who leads a group of war correspondents on a road trip towards the conflict’s front line.
Its author, we must remember, was above all a man of action, an elected official, a captain, a traveler, and a pragmatic intellectual, a successful combatant against warrior and disease alike, hardbitten and intimate with both privilege and disgrace, a man who suffered with and outlived most of the greatest men of his age.
It was written of Henry George Ward, M.P. for Sheffield from 1837 to 1849, that "he was also much occupied with railway enterprise in the days of early speculation." This suggests a hard-bitten man of commerce, but Ward had served in the Diplomatic Service and he was Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico before retiring in 1827 at the age of 30.
Word Forms
- hardbitten
Synonyms for hard-bitten
Depending on context, synonyms include pugnacious, tough, hard-boiled.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tough, pugnacious, hard-boiled, hardbitten, brawny, weathered.
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