" hard-edged "

1: as in tough-minded, unsentimental;

•  Synonyms : 

•  bottom-line,

•  hard,

•  hard-boiled,

•  tough-minded,

•  unromantic,

•  unsentimental,

•  commonsensical,

•  grounded,

•  levelheaded,

•  logical,

•  no-nonsense,

•  rational,

•  reasonable,

•  sane,

•  sensible,

•  sober,

•  sobersided,

•  sound,

•  cynical,

•  disillusioned,

•  misanthropic,

•  pessimistic,

•  idealless,

•  philistine,

•  utilitarian,

•  distrustful,

•  mistrustful,

•  skeptical,

•  suspicious,

•  down-to-earth,

•  earthy,

•  hardheaded,

•  matter-of-fact,

•  practical,

•  pragmatic,

•  realistic

•  Antonyms : 

•  blue-sky,

•  idealistic,

•  impractical,

•  unrealistic,

•  utopian,

•  visionary,

•  fanciful,

•  fantastic,

•  imaginative,

•  romantic,

•  sentimental,

•  cheerful,

•  optimistic,

•  rose-colored,

•  trustful,

•  trusting,

•  unsuspicious,

•  half-baked,

•  illogical,

•  insane,

•  irrational,

•  unreasonable,

•  theoretical