hard-bit|ten

hard-bit|ten
hard-bit|ten «HAHRD BIHT uhn», adjective.
1. stubborn; unyielding; dogged: »

Among them were two of the party's most hard-bitten and uncompromising revolutionaries (Newsweek).

SYNONYM(S): obdurate.
2. given to biting hard, as a horse or dog.

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