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Hard

adjective

(compar. harder; superl. hardest)

1.

Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure. Synonym: difficult. "Nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access" , "Difficult times" , "Why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

2.

Dispassionate. "A hard bargainer"

3.

Resisting weight or pressure.

4.

Very strong or vigorous. Synonyms: knockout, severe. "A hard left to the chin" , "A knockout punch" , "A severe blow"

5.

Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome. "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. Synonyms: surd, unvoiced, voiceless.

7.

(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source. Synonym: concentrated.

8.

(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum.

9.

Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors. Synonyms: heavy, intemperate.

10.

Being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content. Synonym: strong.

11.

Unfortunate or hard to bear. Synonym: tough. "A tough break"

12.

Dried out.

adverb

1.

With effort or force or vigor. "Worked hard all day" , "Pressed hard on the lever" , "Hit the ball hard" , "Slammed the door hard"

2.

With firmness. Synonym: firmly.

3.

Earnestly or intently. "Stared hard at the accused"

4.

Causing great damage or hardship. Synonym: severely. "She was severely affected by the bank's failure"

5.

Slowly and with difficulty.

6.

Indulging excessively. Synonyms: heavily, intemperately.

7.

Into a solid condition.

8.

Very near or close in space or time. "They were hard on his heels" , "A strike followed hard upon the plant's opening"

9.

With pain or distress or bitterness.

10.

To the full extent possible; all the way. "The ship went hard astern" , "Swung the wheel hard left"

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— Hunger • Knut Hamsun

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— Medieval People • Eileen Edna Power

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— Secret Societies And Subversive Movements • Nesta H. Webster

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