Hardboiled

/hˈɑːdbɔɪld/

/hˈɑːɹdbɔɪld/

Hardboiled

a genre of detective fiction that features tough, cynical, and often unsympathetic protagonists who are involved in violent and gritty crimes

Examples

1. If there's protein options, didn't I see hardboiled eggs?

2. These people will serve as some of the most hardboiled perpetrators of suppression, oppression, and mass murder of those they deem as lesser non-desirable human beings.

3. Ozzy didn’t recognize Thrax at first when he snuck in on that hardboiled egg, but with Drix’s help they worked together to overcome Mayor Phlegmming’s incompetence, eliminate Thrax, and save Frank!

4. The last time I spent solving a system of equations dealing with the chilling of this hardboiled egg being put in an ice bath.