hard

Meanings

• 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?"
• dispassionate
  • "took a hard look"
  • "a hard bargainer"
• resisting weight or pressure
• very strong or vigorous
  • "a hard left to the chin"
• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
  • "hard labor"
• produced without vibration of the vocal cords
• (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
• (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"
• given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
  • "a hard drinker"
• being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
  • "hard liquor"
• unfortunate or hard to bear
  • "had hard luck"
• dried out
  • "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
• 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"
• with firmness
  • "held hard to the railing"
• earnestly or intently
  • "thought hard about it"
  • "stared hard at the accused"
• causing great damage or hardship
  • "industries hit hard by the depression"
• slowly and with difficulty
  • "prejudices die hard"
• indulging excessively
• into a solid condition
  • "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
• 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"
• with pain or distress or bitterness
  • "he took the rejection very hard"
• to the full extent possible; all the way
  • "hard alee"
  • "the ship went hard astern"
  • "swung the wheel hard left"

Synonyms

arduous, backbreaking, concentrated, difficult, firmly, grueling, gruelling, heavily, heavy, intemperate, intemperately, knockout, laborious, operose, punishing, severe, severely, strong, surd, toilsome, tough, unvoiced, voiceless