Hyphenation of Hard

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Hard

Definitions of Hard:

1.
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?
2.
Dispassionate
Took a hard look A hard bargainer
3.
Resisting weight or pressure
4.
Very strong or vigorous
Strong winds A hard left to the chin A knockout punch A severe blow
5.
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
6.
Produced without vibration of the vocal cords
Unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'
7.
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
8.
(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
9.
Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
A hard drinker
10.
Being distilled rather than fermented
Having a high alcoholic content Hard liquor
11.
Unfortunate or hard to bear
Had hard luck A tough break
12.
Dried out
Hard dry rolls left over from the day before
13.
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
14.
With firmness
Held hard to the railing
15.
Earnestly or intently
Thought hard about it Stared hard at the accused
16.
Causing great damage or hardship
Industries hit hard by the depression She was severely affected by the bank's failure
17.
Slowly and with difficulty
Prejudices die hard
18.
Indulging excessively
He drank heavily
19.
Into a solid condition
Concrete that sets hard within a few hours
20.
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
21.
With pain or distress or bitterness
He took the rejection very hard
22.
To the full extent possible
All the way Hard alee The ship went hard astern Swung the wheel hard left

Synonyms of Hard:

adj difficult, 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, stubborn, tall, thorny, troublesome, trying, vexed, serious, demanding, effortful
adj hard, brutal, cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind, calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd, case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled, steely, stiff, uphill, difficult, insensitive, merciless, unmerciful, tough
adj hard, adamantine, al dente, corneous, hornlike, horny, erect, tumid, firm, solid, granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony, hardened, set, lignified, woody, marmoreal, marmorean, ossified, petrified, petrous, stonelike, slaty, slatey, steely, unpadded, semihard, solid
adj knockout, severe, strong
adj arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsome, effortful
adj hard, plosive, velar
adj heavy, intemperate
adj fermented, soured
adj strong, alcoholic
adj tough, bad
adj stale
adv firmly
adv severely
adv heavily, intemperately

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