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50 Definitions of: hard

1. adjective, firm or rigid; not easily dented, crushed, or pierced
2. adjective, toughened by or as if by physical labour; not soft or smooth
3. adjective, difficult to do or accomplish; arduous
4. adjective, difficult to understand or perceive
5. adjective, showing or requiring considerable physical or mental energy, effort, or application
6. adjective, stern, cold, or intractable
7. adjective, exacting; demanding
8. adjective, harsh; cruel
9. adjective, inflicting pain, sorrow, distress, or hardship
10. adjective, tough or adamant
11. adjective, forceful or violent
12. adjective, cool or uncompromising
13. adjective, indisputable; real
14. adjective, chem (of water) impairing the formation of a lather by soap. See hardness
15. adjective, practical, shrewd, or calculating
16. adjective, too harsh to be pleasant
17. adjective, a) (of cash, money, etc) in coin and paper rather than cheques b) (of currency) in strong demand, esp as a result of a good balance of payments situation c) (of credit) difficult to obtain; tight
18. adjective, (of alcoholic drink) being a spirit rather than a wine, beer, etc
19. adjective, (of a drug such as heroin, morphine, or cocaine) highly addictive. Compare soft
20. adjective, physics (of radiation, such as gamma rays and X-rays) having high energy and the ability to penetrate solids
21. adjective, physics (of a vacuum) almost complete
22. adjective, (of goods) durable
23. adjective, short for hard-core. See hard core
24. adjective, (of news coverage) concentrating on serious stories
25. adjective, phonetics a)an older word for fortis b) (not in modern technical usage) denoting the consonants c and g in English when they are pronounced as velar stops (k, g) c) (of consonants in the Slavonic languages) not palatalized
26. adjective, a) being heavily fortified and protected b) (of nuclear missiles) located underground in massively reinforced silos
27. adjective, politically extreme
28. adjective, incorrigible or disreputable (esp in the phrase a hard case)
29. adjective, (of bread, etc) stale and old
30. adjective, a hard nut to crack a) a person not easily persuaded or won over b) a thing not easily understood
31. adjective, hard by near; close by
32. adjective, hard doer a tough worker at anything
33. adjective, hard done by unfairly or badly treated
34. adjective, hard up a) in need of money; poor b) in great need (of)
35. adjective, put the hard word on to ask or demand something from
36. adverb, with great energy, force, or vigour
37. adverb, as far as possible; all the way
38. adverb, with application; earnestly or intently
39. adverb, with great intensity, force, or violence
40. adverb, close; near
41. adverb, assiduously; devotedly
42. adverb, a) with effort or difficulty b) (in combination)
43. adverb, slowly and reluctantly
44. adverb, go hard with to cause pain or difficulty to (someone)
45. adverb, hard at it working hard
46. adverb, hard put (to it) scarcely having the capacity (to do something)
47. noun, any colorant that produces a harsh coarse appearance
48. noun, a roadway across a foreshore
49. noun, slang hard labour
50. noun, slang an erection of the penis (esp in the phrase get or have a hard on)
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Synonyms:	earnest, assiduous, reliable, bare, compress, determined, tough, strong, firm, solid	And more...
Antonyms:	soft, easy, kind

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