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Overview of adj hard The adj hard has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (37) difficult, hard -- (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?") 2. (20) hard -- (metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb") 3. (15) hard -- (not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock") 4. (5) hard, knockout, severe -- (very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow") 5. (4) arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome -- (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") 6. hard -- (of speech sounds) 7. hard, heavy -- (of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker") 8. fermented, hard -- (having undergone fermentation; "hard cider") 9. hard, strong -- (having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor") 10. hard, tough -- (unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break") 11. hard -- (dried out "hard dry rolls left over from the day before") Overview of adv hard The adv hard has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (12) 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. (3) hard, firmly -- (with firmness; "held hard to the railing") 3. (1) hard -- (earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused") 4. (1) hard, severely -- (causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure") 5. (1) hard -- (slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard") 6. heavily, intemperately, hard -- (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") Antonyms of adj hard 11 senses of hard Sense 1 difficult (vs. easy), hard Sense 2 hard (vs. soft) soft (vs. hard) => coddled, pampered, spoiled => compliant => diffused, softened => easy => effeminate, weak => euphonious => liquid => mellow, mellowing Sense 3 hard (vs. soft) soft (vs. hard) => brushed, fleecy, napped => cheeselike => compressible, squeezable => cushioned, cushiony, padded => demulcent, emollient, salving, softening => downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy => flabby, flaccid => brushed, fleecy, napped => yielding => mushy => overstuffed => softish, semisoft => spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike => velvet, velvety => cottony => flocculent, woolly, wooly Sense 4 hard, knockout, severe INDIRECT (VIA strong) -> weak Sense 5 arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome INDIRECT (VIA effortful) -> effortless Sense 6 hard (vs. soft) soft (vs. hard) => fricative, sibilant, spirant => palatal, palatalized, palatalised => fricative, sibilant, spirant Sense 7 hard(postnominal), heavy INDIRECT (VIA intemperate) -> temperate Sense 8 fermented, hard INDIRECT (VIA soured) -> unsoured Sense 9 hard, strong INDIRECT (VIA alcoholic) -> nonalcoholic, soft Sense 10 hard, tough INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good Sense 11 hard INDIRECT (VIA stale) -> fresh Similarity of adj hard 11 senses of hard Sense 1 difficult (vs. easy), hard => ambitious, challenging => arduous => awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable => baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical => catchy, tricky => delicate, ticklish => fractious => hard-fought => herculean, Herculean => nasty, tight => rocky, rough => rugged, tough => stubborn => tall(postnominal) => thorny => troublesome => trying => vexed => serious Also See-> demanding#1; effortful#1; hard#2 Sense 2 hard (vs. soft) => brutal, cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind => calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd => case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled => steely => stiff, uphill Also See-> difficult#1, hard#1; insensitive#2; merciless#1, unmerciful#1; tough#1 Sense 3 hard (vs. soft) => adamantine => corneous, hornlike, horny => erect, tumid => firm, solid => granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony => hardened, set => lignified, woody => marmoreal, marmorean => ossified => petrified => petrous, stonelike => slaty, slatey => steely => unpadded => semihard Also See-> solid#1 Sense 4 hard, knockout, severe => strong (vs. weak) Sense 5 arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome => effortful (vs. effortless) Sense 6 hard (vs. soft) => plosive => velar Sense 7 hard(postnominal), heavy => intemperate (vs. temperate) Sense 8 fermented, hard => soured (vs. unsoured) Sense 9 hard, strong => alcoholic (vs. nonalcoholic) Sense 10 hard, tough => bad (vs. good) Sense 11 hard => stale (vs. fresh) Attributes of adj hard 2 of 11 senses of hard Sense 1 difficult (vs. easy), hard => difficulty, difficultness Sense 3 hard (vs. soft) => hardness Familiarity of adj hard hard used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11) Grep of adj hard die-hard hard hard-and-fast hard-baked hard-bitten hard-boiled hard-core hard-fought hard-hitting hard-line hard-nosed hard-of-hearing hard-pressed hard-surfaced hard-to-please hard put hard to please hard up hardback hardbacked hardbound hardcore hardcover hardened hardfisted hardheaded hardhearted hardline hardly a hardscrabble hardwood hardworking hardy semihard Overview of adj hard The adj hard has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (37) difficult, hard -- (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?") 2. (20) hard -- (metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb") 3. (15) hard -- (not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock") 4. (5) hard, knockout, severe -- (very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow") 5. (4) arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome -- (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") 6. hard -- (of speech sounds) 7. hard, heavy -- (of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker") 8. fermented, hard -- (having undergone fermentation; "hard cider") 9. hard, strong -- (having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor") 10. hard, tough -- (unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break") 11. hard -- (dried out "hard dry rolls left over from the day before") Overview of adv hard The adv hard has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (12) 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. (3) hard, firmly -- (with firmness; "held hard to the railing") 3. (1) hard -- (earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused") 4. (1) hard, severely -- (causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure") 5. (1) hard -- (slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard") 6. heavily, intemperately, hard -- (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")
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