hard

Definitions

1. 1superlative

   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. 2superlative

   Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.

3. 3superlative

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

4. 4superlative

   Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

5. 5superlative

   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.

6. 6superlative

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

7. 7superlative

   Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.

8. 8superlative

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

9. 9superlative

   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. 10superlative

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

11. 11superlative

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

12. 12superlative

    Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.

13. 13adverb

    With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.

14. 14adverb

    With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.

15. 15adverb

    Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly.

16. 16adverb

    So as to raise difficulties.

17. 17adverb

    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.

18. 18adverb

    Close or near.

19. 19transitive verb

    To harden; to make hard.

20. 20noun

    A ford or passage across a river or swamp.

21. 21adjective

    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"

    Synonyms

    difficult
22. 22adjective

    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

    "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"

    "a grueling campaign"

    Synonyms

    arduousbackbreakinggruelinggruellingheavylaboriousoperosepunishingtoilsome
23. 23adjective

    dried out

    "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"

24. 24adjective

    unfortunate or hard to bear

    "had hard luck"

    "a tough break"

    Synonyms

    tough
25. 25adjective

    resisting weight or pressure

26. 26adjective

    dispassionate

    "took a hard look"

    "a hard bargainer"

27. 27adjective

    (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"

28. 28adjective

    (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

    Synonyms

    concentrated
29. 29adjective

    being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

    "hard liquor"

    Synonyms

    strong
30. 30adjective

    given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

    "a hard drinker"

    Synonyms

    heavyintemperate
31. 31adjective

    produced without vibration of the vocal cords

    "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

    Synonyms

    surdunvoicedvoiceless
32. 32adjective

    very strong or vigorous

    "strong winds"

    "a hard left to the chin"

    Synonyms

    knockoutsevere
33. 33adverb

    with effort or force or vigor

    "the team played hard"

    "worked hard all day"

34. 34adverb

    to the full extent possible; all the way

    "hard alee"

    "the ship went hard astern"

35. 35adverb

    slowly and with difficulty

    "prejudices die hard"

36. 36adverb

    causing great damage or hardship

    "industries hit hard by the depression"

    "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"

    Synonyms

    severely
37. 37adverb

    with firmness

    "held hard to the railing"

    Synonyms

    firmly
38. 38adverb

    earnestly or intently

    "thought hard about it"

    "stared hard at the accused"

39. 39adverb

    with pain or distress or bitterness

    "he took the rejection very hard"

40. 40adverb

    very near or close in space or time

    "it stands hard by the railroad tracks"

    "they were hard on his heels"

41. 41adverb

    into a solid condition

    "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"

42. 42adverb

    indulging excessively

    "he drank heavily"

    Synonyms

    heavilyintemperately