hard-boiled
Solid yolk inside
Hard-boiled describes eggs cooked in their shells until both white and yolk are solid.
The term extends to people who are tough, cynical, and unsentimental: a hard-boiled detective, a hard-boiled negotiator.
Hard-boiled fiction is a genre of crime writing featuring tough protagonists navigating corrupt worlds with minimal sentiment: Dashiell Hammett pioneered the hard-boiled style.
Hard-boiled film genre
- gumshoeInformal term for detective
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- investigatorOne who examines evidence
- whodunitCrime fiction identifying perpetrator
Hammett · Marlowe · Spade · mystery · crime · murder · alibi · clue
Lacking emotional softness
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- no-nonsenseSerious and efficient
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
world-weary · jaded · streetwise · gruff · steely · impassive · unflinching · unflappable
Egg's nutrient core
- albumenClear protein in eggs
- shellHard outer covering
- whiteAbsence of pigment
- scrambledMixed into disorder
poached · fried · deviled · over-easy · omelette · breakfast · brunch · protein
Lacking outward feeling
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- composedCalm and self-possessed
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- detachedApart or uninvolved
dispassionate · reserved · controlled · indifferent · unmoved · phlegmatic · stolid · cool
noir
Hard-boiled film genre
- gumshoeInformal term for detective
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- investigatorOne who examines evidence
whodunit · Hammett · Marlowe · Spade · mystery · crime · murder · alibi · clue · interrogate
unsentimental
Lacking emotional softness
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- no-nonsenseSerious and efficient
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
hardened · world-weary · jaded · streetwise · gruff · steely · impassive · unflinching · unflappable · thick-skinned
yolk
Egg's nutrient core
scrambled · poached · fried · deviled · over-easy · omelette · breakfast · brunch · protein · mayonnaise
unemotional
Lacking outward feeling
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- composedCalm and self-possessed
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
detached · dispassionate · reserved · controlled · indifferent · unmoved · phlegmatic · stolid · cool · collected
- eggschicken egg, scrambled eggs, duck egg, Easter egg, fried eggs
- egg dishesdeviled eggs, egg salad, coddled eggs, pickled eggs, tea eggs
- crime fictiondetective fiction, murder mystery, detective novels, detective novel, detective
- mysteryclue, detective, suspect, clues, sleuth
- mystery fictionwhodunit, whodunnit, sleuth, murder mystery, detective novel
- cookedbaked, braised, broiled, fried, grilled
hard-boiledraw
In original state
soft-boiled · runny · poached · uncooked · sunny-side up
hard-boiledtenderhearted
Readily feeling sympathy
softhearted · sentimental · compassionate · warmhearted · kindhearted
hard-boiledsentimental
Excessively emotional about memories
romantic · cozy · idealistic · saccharine · soft-focus