| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | hard, difficult | Not easy |
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| 2 | hard | Metaphorically hard | |
| 3 | hard | Not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated | |
| 4 | hard, knockout, severe | Very strong or vigorous | |
| 5 | hard, arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsome | Characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion | |
| 6 | hard | Of speech sounds | |
| 7 | hard, heavy | Of a drinker or drinking | |
| 8 | hard, fermented | Having undergone fermentation | |
| 9 | hard, strong | Having a high alcoholic content | |
| 10 | hard, tough | Unfortunate or hard to bear | |
| 11 | hard | Dried out | |
| ADVERB | 1 | hard | With effort or force or vigor |
| 2 | hard, firmly | With firmness | |
| 3 | hard | Earnestly or intently | |
| 4 | hard, severely | Causing great damage or hardship | |
| 5 | hard | Slowly and with difficulty | |
| 6 | hard, heavily, intemperately | Indulging excessively | |
| 7 | hard | Into a solid condition | |
| 8 | hard | Very near or close in space or time | |
| 9 | hard | With pain or distress or bitterness | |
| 10 | hard | To the full extent possible |
| Sounds | hhaa'rd |
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| Rhymes | avant-garde, backyard, bard, and 46 more rhymes in aard at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Not easy. Requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure. |
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| Examples | "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" |
| Synonyms | difficult |
| Attribute of | difficulty, difficultness |
| Similar | ambitious, challenging; arduous; awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable; baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical; catchy, tricky; delicate, ticklish; fractious; hard-fought; Herculean; nasty, tight; rocky, rough; rugged, tough; serious; stubborn; tall; thorny; troublesome; trying; vexed |
| See also | demanding; effortful; hard; complex |
| Contrary | easy |
| Adverbs | hard |
| Meaning | Metaphorically hard. |
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| Examples | "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb" |
| Similar | brutal, cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind; calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd; case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled; steely; stiff, uphill |
| See also | difficult, hard; merciless, unmerciful; insensitive; tough |
| Contrary | soft |
| Meaning | Not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated. |
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| Examples | "hard as rock" |
| Attribute of | hardness |
| Similar | adamantine; al dente; corneous, hornlike, horny; erect, tumid; firm, solid; granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony; hardened, set; lignified, woody; marmoreal, marmorean; ossified; petrified; petrous, stonelike; semihard; slaty, slatey; steely; unpadded |
| See also | solid |
| Contrary | soft |
| Meaning | Very strong or vigorous. |
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| Examples | "a hard left to the chin" |
| Synonyms | knockout, severe |
| Similar to | strong |
| Meaning | Characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion. Especially physical effort. |
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| Examples | "hard labor" |
| Synonyms | arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsome |
| Similar to | effortful |
| Adverbs | hard |
| Meaning | Of speech sounds. |
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| Similar | plosive; velar |
| Contrary | soft |
| Meaning | Of a drinker or drinking. Indulging intemperately. |
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| Examples | "does a lot of hard drinking" |
| Synonyms | heavy |
| Similar to | intemperate |
| Meaning | Having undergone fermentation. |
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| Examples | "hard cider" |
| Synonyms | fermented |
| Similar to | soured |
| Meaning | Having a high alcoholic content. |
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| Examples | "hard liquor" |
| Synonyms | strong |
| Similar to | alcoholic |
| Meaning | Unfortunate or hard to bear. |
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| Examples | "had hard luck" |
| Synonyms | tough |
| Similar to | bad |
| Meaning | Dried out. |
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| Examples | "hard dry rolls left over from the day before" |
| Similar to | stale |
| Meaning | With effort or force or vigor. |
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| Examples | "the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard" |
| Adjectives | hard |
| Meaning | With firmness. |
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| Examples | "held hard to the railing" |
| Synonyms | firmly |
| Meaning | Earnestly or intently. |
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| Examples | "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused" |
| Meaning | Causing great damage or hardship. |
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| Examples | "industries hit hard by the depression" |
| Synonyms | severely |
| Meaning | Slowly and with difficulty. |
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| Examples | "prejudices die hard" |
| Adjectives | hard |
| Meaning | Indulging excessively. |
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| Synonyms | heavily, intemperately |
| Contrary | lightly |
| Meaning | Into a solid condition. |
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| Examples | "concrete that sets hard within a few hours" |
| Adjectives | hardened |
| Meaning | Very near or close in space or time. |
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| Examples | "it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening" |
| Meaning | With pain or distress or bitterness. |
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| Examples | "he took the rejection very hard" |
| Meaning | To the full extent possible. All the way. |
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| Examples | "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left" |