| Adj. | 1. | hard - 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 is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"demanding - requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding" hard - metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb" | |
| 2. | hard - metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb"difficult, hard - 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 is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" merciless, unmerciful - having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating" insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients" tough - not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character" soft - metaphorically soft; "my father is a soft touch"; "soft light"; "a soft rain"; "a soft Southern drawl"; "soft brown eyes"; "a soft glance" | |
| 3. | hard - not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock"solid - of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state" soft - lacking in hardness relatively or comparatively | |
| 4. | hard - very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man" | |
| 5. | hard - 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 punishing pace" | |
| 6. | hard - of speech soundssoft - of speech sounds; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh') | |
| 7. | hard - of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker"intemperate - excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage" | |
| 8. | hard - having undergone fermentation; "hard cider" | |
| 9. | hard - having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"alcoholic - used of beverages containing alcohol; "alcoholic drinks" | |
| 10. | hard - unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" | |
| 11. | hard - dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"stale - showing deterioration from age; "stale bread" | |
| Adv. | 1. | hard - 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" | |
| 2. | hard - with firmness; "held hard to the railing" | |
| 3. | hard - earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused" | |
| 4. | hard - causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure" | |
| 5. | hard - slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard" | |
| 6. | hard - indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" | |
| 7. | hard - into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours" | |
| 8. | hard - 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" | |
| 9. | hard - with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard" | |
| 10. | hard - to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left" | |