hard
/hɑrd/
कठोर, कडा, कठिन
adjective
1. difficult
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"
"why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
2. hard
dispassionate
"took a hard look"
"a hard bargainer"
3. hard
resisting weight or pressure
4. knockout, severe
very strong or vigorous
"strong winds"
"a hard left to the chin"
"a knockout punch"
"a severe blow"
5. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
characterized by 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"
6. unvoiced, voiceless, surd
produced without vibration of the vocal cords
"unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
7. concentrated
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
8. hard
(of speech sounds)
produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
"Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"
9. intemperate, heavy
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
"a hard drinker"
10. strong
being distilled rather than fermented
having a high alcoholic content
"hard liquor"
11. tough
unfortunate or hard to bear
"had hard luck"
"a tough break"
12. hard
dried out
"hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
adverb
1. hard
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"
2. firmly
with firmness
"held hard to the railing"
3. hard
earnestly or intently
"thought hard about it"
"stared hard at the accused"
4. severely
causing great damage or hardship
"industries hit hard by the depression"
"she was severely affected by the bank's failure"
5. hardly
slowly and with difficulty
"prejudices die hard"
"he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight"
6. heavily, intemperately
indulging excessively
"he drank heavily"
7. hard
into a solid condition
"concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
8. hard
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"
9. hard
with pain or distress or bitterness
"he took the rejection very hard"
10. hard
to the full extent possible
all the way
"hard alee"
"the ship went hard astern"
"swung the wheel hard left"
Synonyms
firm dense solid compact unyielding impenetrable arduous difficult grievous distressing rigorous oppressive exacting unfeeling stubborn harsh forced constrained inexplicable flinty severe cruel obdurate hardened callous
Antonyms
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