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| flinty(strong, hard, tough, severe) | |
| forbidding(person, strong, hard, tough) | |
| forgoing(calm, sensible, dark, restrained) | |
| frowning(strong, hard, tough, severe) | |
| going with the flow(expression, idiom, detached, impassive) | |
| grave(calm, sensible, dark, restrained) | |
| grim(strong, hard, tough, severe) | |
| habituated(hard, unfeeling, unsympathetic, hardened) | |
| hang-tough(strong, hard, tough, severe) | |
| hanging tough(expression, mean, hard, stubborn) | |
| hard-as-nails(hard, unfeeling, unsympathetic, hardened) | |
| hard-core(strong, hard, tough, severe) | |
| hard-shell(strong, hard, tough, severe) | |
| hard as nails(expression, idiom, hard, tough) | |
| hardbitten | |
| haughty(indifferent, detached, distant, remote) | |
| headstrong | |
| immovable(mean, strong, hard, tough) | |
| impassive(calm, hard, tough, careless) | |
| impenetrable(hard, unfeeling, unsympathetic, hardened) |
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