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ironbound
CIDE DICTIONARY
ironbound, a.
- Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast. [1913 Webster]
- Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
ironbound
asperous, bound, corrugated, cragged, craggy, crinkled, crumpled, dour, fettered, firm, fundamentalist, gravelly, hampered, handcuffed, hard, harsh, hidebound, impliable, in bonds, in chains, in irons, inexorable, inflexible, iron, ironclad, ironhanded, jagged, jaggy, manacled, muscle-bound, obdurate, obstinate, orthodox, procrustean, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, ragged, relentless, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rockbound, rocky, rugged, rugose, rugous, saw-toothed, sawtooth, scabrous, scragged, scraggly, scraggy, serrate, serrated, shackled, snagged, snaggled, snaggy, stiff, stony, straightlaced, straitlaced, strapped, stubborn, tethered, tied, tied down, tied up, trammeled, unbending, uncompromising, uneven, unrelenting, unsmooth, unyielding, wrinkled
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