Synonym: callous, difficult, firm, harsh, inflexible, rigid, rough, rugged, severe, solid, stern, stony, strenuously, strict, tough, ugly, unpleasant, unyielding, easy, simple, soft. Similar words: hardware, hardly any, harsh, chart, a share, sharp, shark, Chart.. Meaning: [hɑrd /hɑːd] 
adj. 1. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure 2. dispassionate 3. resisting weight or pressure 4. very strong or vigorous 5. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort 6. produced without vibration of the vocal cords 7. (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source 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 10. being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content 11. unfortunate or hard to bear 12. dried out. adv. 1. with effort or force or vigor 2. with firmness 3. earnestly or intently 4. causing great damage or hardship 5. slowly and with difficulty 6. indulging excessively 7. into a solid condition 8. very near or close in space or time 9. with pain or distress or bitterness 10. to the full extent possible; all the way.
adj. 1. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure 2. dispassionate 3. resisting weight or pressure 4. very strong or vigorous 5. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort 6. produced without vibration of the vocal cords 7. (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source 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 10. being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content 11. unfortunate or hard to bear 12. dried out. adv. 1. with effort or force or vigor 2. with firmness 3. earnestly or intently 4. causing great damage or hardship 5. slowly and with difficulty 6. indulging excessively 7. into a solid condition 8. very near or close in space or time 9. with pain or distress or bitterness 10. to the full extent possible; all the way. 
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