hard-bittenadjective
uk/ˌhɑːdˈbɪt.ən/us/ˌhɑːrdˈbɪt̬.ən/If someone is hard-bitten, their character has been made stronger as a result of difficult experiences in the past:
This particular murder case was so horrific that it shocked even the most hard-bitten of New York police officers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- belie
- bite
- bite your lip idiom
- clinically
- detachment
- emptiness
- evenly
- expressionless
- glaze
- icy
- immune
- impassive
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
- stoicism
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