English dictionary

hard

/h/A/rd/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

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Examples
Why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?

Synonyms difficult

Antonyms easy

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dispassionate

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Examples
Took a hard look.

A hard bargainer.

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resisting weight or pressure

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Antonyms soft

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produced without vibration of the vocal cords

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Synonyms surd unvoiced voiceless

Antonyms soft sonant voiced

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(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

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Synonyms concentrated

Antonyms diffuse diffused soft

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(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum

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Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants.

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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.

adjective

Source: webster1913

with effort or force or vigor

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Examples
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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with firmness

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Held hard to the railing.

Synonyms decisively firmly resolutely

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earnestly or intently

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Thought hard about it.

Stared hard at the accused.

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causing great damage or hardship

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Industries hit hard by the depression.

Synonyms severely

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slowly and with difficulty

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Prejudices die hard.

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indulging excessively

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Synonyms heavily intemperately

Antonyms lightly

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into a solid condition

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Concrete that sets hard within a few hours.

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very near or close in space or time

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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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with pain or distress or bitterness

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He took the rejection very hard.

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to the full extent possible; all the way

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Hard alee.

The ship went hard astern.

Swung the wheel hard left.

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With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.

adverb

Source: webster1913