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• “the team played hard“
• “worked hard all day“
• “pressed hard on the lever“
• “hit the ball hard“
• “slammed the door hard“

• “held hard to the railing“

Synonyms

• firmly with resolute determination; in a secure manner; with firmness

• “thought hard about it“
• “stared hard at the accused“

• “industries hit hard by the depression“
• “she was severely affected by the bank’s failure“

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• severely to a severe or serious degree; with sternness; causing great damage or hardship

• “prejudices die hard“
• “he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight“

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• hardly only a very short time before; almost not; slowly and with difficulty

• “he drank heavily“

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• heavily to a considerable degree; in a heavy-footed manner; with great force; in a manner designed for heavy duty; slowly as if burdened by much weight; in a labored manner; indulging excessively
• intemperately indulging excessively

• “concrete that sets hard within a few hours“

• “it stands hard by the railroad tracks“
• “they were hard on his heels“
• “a strike followed hard upon the plant’s opening“

• “he took the rejection very hard“

• “all the way“
• “hard alee“
• “the ship went hard astern“
• “swung the wheel hard left“

• “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“
• “why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?“

Synonyms

• difficult not easy; hard to control

• “took a hard look“
• “a hard bargainer“

• “strong winds“
• “a hard left to the chin“
• “a knockout punch“
• “a severe blow“

Synonyms

• knockout very strong or vigorous; a very attractive or seductive looking woman ; a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
• severe intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; very strong or vigorous; severely simple; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; very bad in degree or extent

• “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“

Synonyms

• arduous characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; taxing to the utmost; difficult to accomplish
• backbreaking characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
• grueling characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
• gruelling characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
• heavy slowly as if burdened by much weight; an actor who plays villainous roles ; a serious (or tragic) role in a play ; of comparatively great physical weight or density; unusually great in degree or quantity or number; of the military or industry; marked by great psychological weight; usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it ; (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; darkened by clouds; of great intensity or power or force; (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; of relatively large extent and density; made of fabric having considerable thickness; prodigious; full and loud and deep; given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; of great gravity or crucial import; slow and laborious because of weight; large and powerful; dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; sharply inclined; full of; requiring or showing effort; characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; lacking lightness or liveliness; (of sleep) deep and complete; in an advanced stage of pregnancy
• laborious characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
• operose characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
• punishing resulting in punishment; characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
• toilsome characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

• “unvoiced consonants such as `p’ and `k’ and `s’“

Synonyms

• unvoiced produced without vibration of the vocal cords; not made explicit
• voiceless produced without vibration of the vocal cords; deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; uttered without voice; being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
• surd produced without vibration of the vocal cords; a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords

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• concentrated gathered together or made less diffuse; of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced ; intensely focused; (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source ; being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature

• “produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum“
• “Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants“

• “a hard drinker“

Synonyms

• intemperate (of weather or climate) not mild; excessive in behavior; given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
• heavy slowly as if burdened by much weight; an actor who plays villainous roles ; a serious (or tragic) role in a play ; of comparatively great physical weight or density; unusually great in degree or quantity or number; of the military or industry; marked by great psychological weight; usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it ; (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; darkened by clouds; of great intensity or power or force; (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; of relatively large extent and density; made of fabric having considerable thickness; prodigious; full and loud and deep; given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; of great gravity or crucial import; slow and laborious because of weight; large and powerful; dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; sharply inclined; full of; requiring or showing effort; characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; lacking lightness or liveliness; (of sleep) deep and complete; in an advanced stage of pregnancy

• “having a high alcoholic content“
• “hard liquor“

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• strong having strength or power greater than average or expected; not faint or feeble; having or wielding force or authority; having a strong physiological or chemical effect; immune to attack; of good quality and condition; of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; being distilled rather than fermented; freshly made or left; strong and sure

• “had hard luck“
• “a tough break“

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• tough someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing ; an aggressive and violent young criminal ; a cruel and brutal fellow ; not given to gentleness or sentimentality; very difficult; physically toughened; substantially made or constructed; violent and lawless; feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for `bad’); resistant to cutting or chewing ; unfortunate or hard to bear; making great mental demands

• “hard dry rolls left over from the day before“