Hard (IPA: /ˈhɑɹd/)
| Hard (superl.) |
Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. |
| Hard (superl.) |
Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem. |
| Hard (superl.) |
Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure. |
| Hard (superl.) |
Difficult to resist or control; powerful. |
| Hard (superl.) |
Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms. |
| Hard (superl.) |
Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character. |
| Hard (superl.) |
Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style. |
| Hard (superl.) |
Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider. |
| Hard (superl.) |
Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc. |
| Hard (superl.) |
Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone. |
| Hard (superl.) |
Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. |
| Hard (superl.) |
Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. |
| Hard (adv.) |
With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. |
| Hard (adv.) |
With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard. |
| Hard (adv.) |
Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. |
| Hard (adv.) |
So as to raise difficulties. |
| Hard (adv.) |
With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard. |
| Hard (adv.) |
Close or near. |
| Hard (v. t.) |
To harden; to make hard. |
| Hard (n.) |
A ford or passage across a river or swamp. |
| Hard () |
A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the species of Aegilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived. |
| Hard |
Firm or paved beach or slope by water that is convenient for hauling boats out of the water |
| Hard |
2009 song by Rihanna ft. Jeezy |
| Hard |
Municipality in Austria |
| Hard |
Quarter of the city of Zurich, Switzerland |
| Hard |
1998 film by John Huckert |
| Hard Synonyms |
Corneous, Lignified, Hornlike, Hardened, Unyielding, Stonelike, Petrified, Semihard, Steely, Granitic, Solid, Al Dente, Ossified, Rocklike, Firm, Stony, Set, Petrous, Horny, Tumid, Adamantine, Granitelike, Woody, Erect |
| Hard Synonyms |
Punishing, Gruelling, Toilsome, Grueling, Heavy, Arduous, Effortful, Operose, Backbreaking, Laborious |
| Hard Synonyms |
Conniving, Insensitive, Calculating, Case-hardened, Scheming, Difficult, Steely, Merciless, Hardened, Shrewd, Hard, Calculative, Tough, Unmerciful, Hard-boiled |
| Hard Synonyms |
Concentrated |
| Hard Synonyms |
Thorny, Trying, Tall, Fractious, Awkward, Embarrassing, Tough, Baffling, Troublesome, Nasty, Arduous, Challenging, Serious, Herculean, Delicate, Knotty, Difficult, Ticklish, Rocky, Hard-fought, Tricky, Sticky, Tight, Hard, Problematic, Demanding, Unenviable, Rough, Problematical, Ambitious, Touchy, Rugged, Effortful, Catchy, Vexed |
| Hard Synonyms |
Indulgent, Heavy, Intemperate |
| Hard Synonyms |
Strong, Knockout, Severe |
| Hard Synonyms |
Stale |
| Hard Synonyms |
Strong, Alcoholic |
| Hard Synonyms |
Bad, Tough |
| Hard Synonyms |
Whispered, Voiceless, Unvoiced, Surd |
| Hard Synonyms |
Velar |
| Hard Synonyms |
Firmly |
| Hard Synonyms |
Intemperately, Heavily |
| Hard Synonyms |
Severely |
| HARD (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Helicopter and Airplane Radar Detection |
| HARD (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
High Accuracy Reflector Development |
| HARD (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Hydrocephalus, agyria and retinal dysplasia |
| HARD (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Hydrocephalus-agyria-retinal dysplasia |
| Hard (Last Name / Surname) |
Hard is the #10,429 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 3,085 people had that surname. |
| Spanish Translation |
Hard in Spanish is Difícil |
| Tagalog Translation |
Hard in Tagalog is Gipit |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " (Herb) You are the city of god! You are the city of god! But a city on a hill is kinda of hard to hide it well!" - Godspell |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [As Iruka protected Naruto from Mizuki.] I was so hard on you, yelling, scolding... It must have hurt" - Naruto |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [giggles] Okay, are we going to do it the easy way, or the hard way?" - Flushed Away |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [Helen lights a cigarette] It's going to be hard to take care of us if you're dead, too." - Raising Helen |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [to chorus girl] It must have been hard on your mother, not having any children." - 42nd Street (film) |
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