| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse.[Websters]
2. Being stubborn, headstrong, obstinate, wilful or willful. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being recalcitrant, intractable, refractory, contumacious or balky. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being obdurate or stiff-necked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being wayward. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being unyielding, uncompromising or unbending. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being ambivalent or contrary. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being opinionated or self-opinionated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being insistent or importunate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb hard-mouthedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hard-mouthedly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hard-mouthed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HARD-MOUTHED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HARD-MOUTHED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as a hard-mouthed horse. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
