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hard > 22 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	hard, difficult	Not easy
	2	hard	Dispassionate
	3	hard	Resisting weight or pressure
	4	hard, knockout, severe	Very strong or vigorous
	5	hard, arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome	Characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion
	6	hard, unvoiced, voiceless, surd	Produced without vibration of the vocal cords
	7	hard, concentrated	(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
	8	hard	(of speech sounds)
	9	hard, intemperate, heavy	Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
	10	hard, strong	Distilled rather than fermented
	11	hard, tough	Unfortunate or hard to bear
	12	hard	Dried out
ADVERB	1	hard	With effort or force or vigor
	2	hard, firmly	With firmness
	3	hard	Earnestly or intently
	4	hard, severely	Causing great damage or hardship
	5	hard	Slowly and with difficulty
	6	hard, heavily, intemperately	Indulging excessively
	7	hard	Into a solid condition
	8	hard	Very near or close in space or time
	9	hard	With pain or distress or bitterness
	10	hard	To the full extent possible

hard > pronunciation
Sounds	hhaa'rd
Rhymes	avant-garde, backyard, bard, and 46 more rhymes in aard...

hard > adjective 1
Meaning	Not easy. Requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure.
Examples	"why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
Synonyms	difficult
Contrary	easy
Similar	ambitious, challenging; arduous; awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable; baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough; catchy, tricky; delicate, ticklish, touchy; fractious; hard-fought; herculean; nasty, tight; rocky, rough; rugged, tough; serious; tall; thorny; troublesome; trying; vexed
See also	demanding; effortful; hard; complex
Attribute of	difficulty, difficultness
Nouns	hardness
Adverbs	hard

hard > adjective 2
Meaning	Dispassionate.
Examples	"took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";
Contrary	soft
Similar	calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd; case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled; steely
See also	difficult, hard; merciless, unmerciful; insensitive; tough
Nouns	hardness

hard > adjective 3
Meaning	Resisting weight or pressure.
Contrary	soft
Similar	adamantine; al dente; corneous, hornlike, horny; tumid, erect; firm, solid; granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony; hardened, set; lignified, woody; ossified; petrified; petrous, stonelike; semihard; steely; unyielding
See also	solid
Attribute of	hardness
Nouns	hardness

hard > adjective 5
Meaning	Characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion. Especially physical effort.
Examples	"hard labor"
Synonyms	arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
Similar to	effortful
Nouns	hardness
Adverbs	hard

hard > adjective 6
Meaning	Produced without vibration of the vocal cords.
Synonyms	unvoiced, voiceless, surd
Contrary	voiced, sonant, soft
Similar	whispered

hard > adjective 7
Meaning	(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source.
Synonyms	concentrated
Contrary	soft, diffuse, diffused

hard > adjective 8
Meaning	(of speech sounds). Produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum.
Examples	"Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"
Contrary	soft
Similar	velar

hard > adjective 9
Meaning	Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors.
Examples	"a hard drinker"
Synonyms	intemperate, heavy
Similar to	indulgent

hard > adjective 10
Meaning	Distilled rather than fermented. Having a high alcoholic content.
Examples	"hard liquor"
Synonyms	strong
Similar to	alcoholic

hard > adjective 12
Meaning	Dried out.
Examples	"hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
Similar to	stale

hard > adverb 1
Meaning	With effort or force or vigor.
Examples	"the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard"
Adjectives	hard

hard > adverb 3
Meaning	Earnestly or intently.
Examples	"thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"

hard > adverb 4
Meaning	Causing great damage or hardship.
Examples	"industries hit hard by the depression"
Synonyms	severely

hard > adverb 7
Meaning	Into a solid condition.
Examples	"concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
Adjectives	hardened

hard > adverb 8
Meaning	Very near or close in space or time.
Examples	"it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening"

hard > adverb 9
Meaning	With pain or distress or bitterness.
Examples	"he took the rejection very hard"

hard > adverb 10
Meaning	To the full extent possible. All the way.
Examples	"hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"