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hard

/ hard /
adverb/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

adverb Sense 1
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"
Pertains to:
arduous backbreaking grueling gruelling heavy
adverb Sense 2
with firmness
"held hard to the railing"
adverb Sense 3
causing great damage or hardship
"industries hit hard by the depression"
"she was severely affected by the bank''s failure"
Pertains to:
severe
adverb Sense 4
slowly and with difficulty
"prejudices die hard"
Pertains to:
difficult
adverb Sense 5
to the full extent possible; all the way
"hard alee"
"the ship went hard astern"
"swung the wheel hard left"
adverb Sense 6
with pain or distress or bitterness
"he took the rejection very hard"
adverb Sense 7
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"
adjective satellite Sense 8
very strong or vigorous
"strong winds"
"a hard left to the chin"
"a knockout punch"
"a severe blow"
Similar:
strong
adjective satellite Sense 9
having a high alcoholic content
"hard liquor"
Similar:
alcoholic
adjective Sense 10
of speech sounds
Similar:
plosive velar
Opposites:
soft
adjective Sense 11
metaphorically hard
"a hard fate"
"took a hard look"
"a hard bargainer"
"a hard climb"
Similar:
brutal cruel harsh rigorous unkind calculating calculative conniving
Opposites:
soft
See also:
difficult insensitive merciless unmerciful tough
adjective Sense 12
not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated
"hard as rock"
Similar:
adamantine al dente corneous hornlike horny erect tumid firm
Opposites:
soft
See also:
solid
adjective satellite Sense 13
unfortunate or hard to bear
"had hard luck"
"a tough break"
Similar:
bad
adjective satellite Sense 14
dried out
"hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
Similar:
stale
adverb Sense 15
into a solid condition
"concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
Pertains to:
hardened set
adverb Sense 16
earnestly or intently
"thought hard about it"
"stared hard at the accused"
adjective Sense 17
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"
"a difficult child"
"found himself in a difficult situation"
"why i"
Similar:
ambitious challenging arduous awkward embarrassing sticky unenviable baffling
Opposites:
easy
See also:
demanding effortful
adjective satellite Sense 18
having undergone fermentation
"hard cider"
Similar:
soured
adverb Sense 19
indulging excessively
"he drank heavily"
Opposites:
lightly
Pertains to:
intemperate hard(a) heavy
adjective satellite Sense 20
characterized by toilsome 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"
Similar:
effortful
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
20
Total Synonyms
32
Total Relationships
45
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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strong alcoholic plosive velar soft brutal cruel harsh rigorous unkind calculating calculative