HARD

difficult, hard

(adjective) not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; “a difficult task”; “nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access”; “difficult times”; “why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?”

arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome

(adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; “worked their arduous way up the mining valley”; “a grueling campaign”; “hard labor”; “heavy work”; “heavy going”; “spent many laborious hours on the project”; “set a punishing pace”

hard

(adjective) dried out; “hard dry rolls left over from the day before”

hard, tough

(adjective) unfortunate or hard to bear; “had hard luck”; “a tough break”

hard

(adjective) resisting weight or pressure

hard

(adjective) dispassionate; “took a hard look”; “a hard bargainer”

hard

(adjective) (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum; “Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants”

hard, concentrated

(adjective) (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

hard, strong

(adjective) being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; “hard liquor”

intemperate, hard, heavy

(adjective) given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; “a hard drinker”

unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard

(adjective) produced without vibration of the vocal cords; “unvoiced consonants such as ‘p’ and ‘k’ and ‘s’”

hard, knockout, severe

(adjective) very strong or vigorous; “strong winds”; “a hard left to the chin”; “a knockout punch”; “a severe blow”

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(adverb) with effort or force or vigor; “the team played hard”; “worked hard all day”; “pressed hard on the lever”; “hit the ball hard”; “slammed the door hard”

hard

(adverb) to the full extent possible; all the way; “hard alee”; “the ship went hard astern”; “swung the wheel hard left”

hard, hardly

(adverb) slowly and with difficulty; “prejudices die hard”; “he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight”

hard, severely

(adverb) causing great damage or hardship; “industries hit hard by the depression”; “she was severely affected by the bank’s failure”

hard, firmly

(adverb) with firmness; “held hard to the railing”

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(adverb) earnestly or intently; “thought hard about it”; “stared hard at the accused”

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(adverb) with pain or distress or bitterness; “he took the rejection very hard”

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(adverb) very near or close in space or time; “it stands hard by the railroad tracks”; “they were hard on his heels”; “a strike followed hard upon the plant’s opening”

heavily, intemperately, hard

(adverb) indulging excessively; “he drank heavily”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

hard (comparative harder, superlative hardest)

(of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

Resistant to pressure.

(of drink or drugs) Strong.

(of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.

(of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.

(physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).

(photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.

(personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.

Demanding a lot of effort to endure.

Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.

(dated) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

Unquestionable.

(of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.

(slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.

(bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.

(phonetics, uncomparable)

Plosive.

Unvoiced

Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized

(arts) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.

Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.

Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.

(uncomparable)

In a physical form, not digital.

Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.

(politics) Far, extreme.

Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.

Synonyms

• (resistant to pressure): resistant, solid, stony, see also hard

• (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand): confusing, difficult, puzzling, tough, tricky

• (requiring a lot of effort to endure): difficult, intolerable, tough, unbearable

• (severe): harsh, hostile, severe, strict, tough, unfriendly

• (unquestionable): incontrovertible, indubitable, unambiguous, unequivocal, unquestionable

• (of drink): strong

• See also difficult

Antonyms

• (resistant to pressure): soft

• (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand): easy, simple, straightforward, trite

• (requiring a lot of effort to endure): bearable, easy

• (severe): agreeable, amiable, approachable, friendly, nice, pleasant

• (unquestionable): controvertible, doubtful, ambiguous, equivocal, questionable

• (of drink)

(low in alcohol): low-alcohol

(non-alcoholic): alcohol-free, soft, non-alcoholic

• (of roads): soft

• (sexually aroused): soft, flaccid

• (phonetics, all senses): soft

Adverb

hard (comparative harder, superlative hardest)

(manner) With much force or effort.

(manner) With difficulty.

(obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.

(manner) Compactly.

(now, archaic) Near, close.

Noun

hard (countable and uncountable, plural hards)

(countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.

(countable, motorsports) A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.

(uncountable, drugs, slang) Crack cocaine.

(uncountable, slang) Hard labor.

Anagrams

• Dhar

Etymology

Proper noun

Hard (plural Hards)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hard is the 10429^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3085 individuals. Hard is most common among White (73.61%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.82%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Dhar

Source: Wiktionary

Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] Etym: [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. heard, G. hart, OHG. harti, Icel. har, Dan. haard, Sw. hård, Goth. hardus, Gr.,, strength, and also to E. -ard, as in coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf. Skr. kratu strength, to do, make. Gf.Hardy.]

1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.

2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem. The hard causes they brought unto Moses. Ex. xviii. 26. In which are some things hard to be understood. 2 Peter iii. 16.

3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure.

4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful. The stag was too hard for the horse. L'Estrange. A power which will be always too hard for them. Addison.

5. Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms. I never could drive a hard bargain. Burke.

6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.

7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style. Figures harder than even the marble itself. Dryden.

8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.

9. (Pron.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another;- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc.

10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone.

11. (Painting) (a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. (b) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. Hard cancer, Hard case, etc. See under Cancer, Case, etc.

– Hard clam, or Hard-shelled clam (Zoöl.), the guahog.

– Hard coal, anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous or soft coal.

– Hard and fast. (Naut.) See under Fast.

– Hard finish (Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering.

– Hard lines, hardship; difficult conditions.

– Hard money, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money.

– Hard oyster (Zoöl.), the northern native oyster. [Local, U. S.] - - Hard pan, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See Pan.

– Hard rubber. See under Rubber.

– Hard solder. See under Solder.

– Hard water, water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it unfit for washing. See Hardness, 3.- Hard wood, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc.- In hard condition, in excellent condition for racing; having firm muscles;-said of race horses.

Syn.

– Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn; stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe; obdurate; rigid. See Solid, and Arduous.

Hard, adv. Etym: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince. Dryden. My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. Shak.

2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.

3. Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. Shak.

4. So as to raise difficulties. " The guestion is hard set". Sir T. Browne.

5. With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard.

6. Close or near. Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. Acts xviii.7. Hard by, near by; close at hand; not far off. "Hard by a cottage chimney smokes." Milton.

– Hard pushed, Hard run, greatly pressed; as, he was hard pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. [Colloq.] -- Hard up, closely pressed by want or necessity; without money or resources; as, hard up for amusements. [Slang]

Note: Hard in nautical language is often joined to words of command to the helmsman, denoting that the order should be carried out with the utmost energy, or that the helm should be put, in the direction indicated, to the extreme limit, as, Hard aport! Hard astarboard! Hard alee! Hard aweather up! Hard is also often used in composition with a participle; as, hard-baked; hard-earned; hard-working; hard- won.

Hard, v. t.

Definition: To harden; to make hard. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hard, n.

Definition: A ford or passage across a river or swamp.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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