hard
[ hahrd ]
/ hɑrd /
adjective, hard·er, hard·est.
adverb, hard·er, hard·est.
noun
Idioms for hard
Origin of hard
before 900; Middle English; Old English
heard; cognate with Dutch
hard, German
hart, Old Norse
harthr, Gothic
hardus; akin to Greek
kratýs strong, Ionic dial.
kártos strength (cf.
-cracy)
SYNONYMS FOR hard
3 toilsome, burdensome, wearisome, exhausting.
Hard,
difficult both describe something resistant to one's efforts or one's endurance.
Hard is the general word:
hard times; It was hard to endure the severe weather.
Difficult means not easy, and particularly denotes that which requires special effort or skill:
a difficult task.
5 complex, complicated, perplexing, puzzling, intricate, knotty, tough.
6 arduous, onerous, laborious.
8 stormy, tempestuous.
10 severe, rigorous, grinding, cruel, merciless, unsparing.
12 stern, austere, strict, exacting, relentless, obdurate, adamant; unyielding, unpitying.
Hard,
callous,
unfeeling,
unsympathetic imply a lack of interest in, feeling for, or sympathy with others.
Hard implies insensibility, either natural or acquired, so that the plight of others makes no impression on one:
a hard taskmaster.
Callous may mean the same or that one is himself or herself insensitive to hurt as the result of continued repression and indifference:
a callous answer; callous to criticism.
Unfeeling implies natural inability to feel with and for others:
an unfeeling and thoughtless remark.
Unsympathetic implies an indifference that precludes pity, compassion, or the like:
unsympathetic toward distress.
13 incontrovertible.
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Words nearby hard
Definition for hard (2 of 2)
hards
[ hahrdz ]
/ hɑrdz /
plural noun
the refuse or coarser parts of flax or hemp, separated in hackling.
Also
hurds.
Origin of hards
before 900; Middle English
herdes, Old English
heordan
Example sentences from the Web for hard
British Dictionary definitions for hard (1 of 2)
hard
/ (hɑːd) /
adjective
adverb
noun
Word Origin for hard
Old English
heard; related to Old Norse
harthr, Old Frisian
herd, Old High German
herti, Gothic
hardus hard, Greek
kratus strong
British Dictionary definitions for hard (2 of 2)
hards
hurds
/ (hɑːdz) /
pl n
coarse fibres and other refuse from flax and hemp
Word Origin for hards
Old English
heordan (plural); related to Middle Dutch
hēde, Greek
keskeon tow
Idioms and Phrases with hard
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