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hard
/hɑrd/
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  1. adjective
    (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

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    concentrated
    Opposite:
    soft
  2. adjective
    unfortunate or hard to bear
    "had hard luck"

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    tough bad
  3. adverb
    with firmness
    "held hard to the railing"

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    firmly
  4. adjective
    produced without vibration of the vocal cords

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    surd unvoiced voiceless whispered
  5. adverb
    slowly and with difficulty
    "prejudices die hard" "he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight"

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    hardly
  6. adjective
    very strong or vigorous
    "a hard left to the chin"

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    knockout severe strong
  7. adjective
    given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
    "a hard drinker"

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    heavy intemperate indulgent
  8. adverb
    indulging excessively

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    heavily intemperately
  9. adjective
    not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
    "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

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    difficult embarrassing catchy baffling knotty nasty problematic problematical rocky rough rugged awkward serious arduous ambitious sticky tall thorny ticklish tight touchy tough tricky troublesome trying unenviable vexed fractious elusive delicate hard-fought challenging herculean
  10. adjective
    being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
    "hard liquor"

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    strong alcoholic
  11. adjective
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
    "hard labor"

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    arduous backbreaking grueling gruelling heavy laborious operose punishing toilsome effortful
  12. adverb
    causing great damage or hardship
    "industries hit hard by the depression"

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    severely
  13. adjective
    dispassionate
    "took a hard look" "a hard bargainer"

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    calculating steely shrewd scheming calculative case-hardened hardened conniving hard-boiled
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    soft
  14. adjective
    dried out
    "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"

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    stale
  15. 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"

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    velar
    Opposite:
    soft
  16. adjective
    resisting weight or pressure

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    granitic semihard woody corneous set tumid hardened solid hornlike horny adamantine al dente steely petrous stonelike stony rocklike unyielding firm granitelike erect
    Opposite:
    soft
  17. 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"
  18. into a solid condition
    "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
Examples of hard
  • "had hard luck"
  • "held hard to the railing"
  • "prejudices die hard"
  • "he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight"
  • "a hard left to the chin"
  • "a hard drinker"
  • "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
  • "hard liquor"
  • "hard labor"
  • "industries hit hard by the depression"
  • "took a hard look"
  • "a hard bargainer"
  • "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
  • "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"
  • "the team played hard"
  • "worked hard all day"
  • "pressed hard on the lever"
  • "hit the ball hard"
  • "slammed the door hard"
  • "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
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