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(adverb) with effort or force or vigor; "the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard" |
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(adverb) to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left" |
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(adverb) slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard" |
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(adverb) causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure" |
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Synonyms: severely |
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(adverb) with firmness; "held hard to the railing" |
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Synonyms: firmly |
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(adverb) earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused" |
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(adverb) with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard" |
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(adverb) very near or close in space or time; "it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening" |
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(adverb) into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours" |
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(satellite adjective) dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before" |
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(satellite adjective) unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break" |
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Synonyms: tough |
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(adjective) not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock" |
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Antonyms: soft |
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(adjective) metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb" |
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Antonyms: soft |
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(adjective) of speech sounds |
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Antonyms: soft |
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(satellite adjective) having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor" |
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Synonyms: strong |
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(satellite adjective) very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" |
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Synonyms: knockout, severe |
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(satellite adjective) of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker" |
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Synonyms: heavy |
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(adjective) not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" |
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Synonyms: difficult |
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(satellite adjective) having undergone fermentation; "hard cider" |
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Synonyms: fermented |
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(adverb) indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" |
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Synonyms: heavily, intemperately |
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(satellite adjective) characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" |
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Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome |
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