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hard > 21 senses
ADJECTIVE1hard, difficultNot easy
2hardMetaphorically hard
3hardNot yielding to pressure or easily penetrated
4hard, knockout, severeVery strong or vigorous
5hard, arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsomeCharacterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion
6hardOf speech sounds
7hard, heavyOf a drinker or drinking
8hard, fermentedHaving undergone fermentation
9hard, strongHaving a high alcoholic content
10hard, toughUnfortunate or hard to bear
11hardDried out
ADVERB1hardWith effort or force or vigor
2hard, firmlyWith firmness
3hardEarnestly or intently
4hard, severelyCausing great damage or hardship
5hardSlowly and with difficulty
6hard, heavily, intemperatelyIndulging excessively
7hardInto a solid condition
8hardVery near or close in space or time
9hardWith pain or distress or bitterness
10hardTo the full extent possible
hard > pronunciation
Soundshhaa'rd
Rhymesavant-garde, backyard, bard, and 46 more rhymes in aard at the HyperDic website...
hard > adjective 1
MeaningNot easy. Requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure.
Examples"why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
Synonymsdifficult
Attribute ofdifficulty, difficultness
Similarambitious, 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 alsodemanding; effortful; hard; complex
Contraryeasy
Adverbshard
hard > adjective 2
MeaningMetaphorically hard.
Examples"a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb"
Similarbrutal, cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind; calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd; case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled; steely; stiff, uphill
See alsodifficult, hard; merciless, unmerciful; insensitive; tough
Contrarysoft
hard > adjective 3
MeaningNot yielding to pressure or easily penetrated.
Examples"hard as rock"
Attribute ofhardness
Similaradamantine; 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 alsosolid
Contrarysoft
hard > adjective 4
MeaningVery strong or vigorous.
Examples"a hard left to the chin"
Synonymsknockout, severe
Similar tostrong
hard > adjective 5
MeaningCharacterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion. Especially physical effort.
Examples"hard labor"
Synonymsarduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsome
Similar toeffortful
Adverbshard
hard > adjective 6
MeaningOf speech sounds.
Similarplosive; velar
Contrarysoft
hard > adjective 7
MeaningOf a drinker or drinking. Indulging intemperately.
Examples"does a lot of hard drinking"
Synonymsheavy
Similar tointemperate
hard > adjective 8
MeaningHaving undergone fermentation.
Examples"hard cider"
Synonymsfermented
Similar tosoured
hard > adjective 9
MeaningHaving a high alcoholic content.
Examples"hard liquor"
Synonymsstrong
Similar toalcoholic
hard > adjective 10
MeaningUnfortunate or hard to bear.
Examples"had hard luck"
Synonymstough
Similar tobad
hard > adjective 11
MeaningDried out.
Examples"hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
Similar tostale
hard > adverb 1
MeaningWith effort or force or vigor.
Examples"the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard"
Adjectiveshard
hard > adverb 2
MeaningWith firmness.
Examples"held hard to the railing"
Synonymsfirmly
hard > adverb 3
MeaningEarnestly or intently.
Examples"thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"
hard > adverb 4
MeaningCausing great damage or hardship.
Examples"industries hit hard by the depression"
Synonymsseverely
hard > adverb 5
MeaningSlowly and with difficulty.
Examples"prejudices die hard"
Adjectiveshard
hard > adverb 6
MeaningIndulging excessively.
Synonymsheavily, intemperately
Contrarylightly
hard > adverb 7
MeaningInto a solid condition.
Examples"concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
Adjectiveshardened
hard > adverb 8
MeaningVery near or close in space or time.
Examples"it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening"
hard > adverb 9
MeaningWith pain or distress or bitterness.
Examples"he took the rejection very hard"
hard > adverb 10
MeaningTo the full extent possible. All the way.
Examples"hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"

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