Adjective(1) not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure(2) dispassionate(3) resisting weight or pressure(4) very strong or vigorous(5) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort(6) produced without vibration of the vocal cords(7) (of light(8) (of speech sounds(9) given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors(10) being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content(11) unfortunate or hard to bear(12) dried out(13) not easy(14) requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure(15) metaphorically hard(16) not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated
Adverb(1) with effort or force or vigor(2) with firmness(3) earnestly or intently(4) causing great damage or hardship(5) slowly and with difficulty(6) indulging excessively(7) into a solid condition(8) very near or close in space or time(9) with pain or distress or bitterness(10) to the full extent possible; all the way(11) to the full extent possible(12) all the way(13) with great force(14) with determination(15) with difficulty(16) with resentment
Adjective(1) not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure(2) dispassionate(3) resisting weight or pressure(4) very strong or vigorous(5) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort(6) produced without vibration of the vocal cords(7) (of light(8) (of speech sounds(9) given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors(10) being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content(11) unfortunate or hard to bear(12) dried out(13) not easy(14) requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure(15) metaphorically hard(16) not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated
Adverb(1) with effort or force or vigor(2) with firmness(3) earnestly or intently(4) causing great damage or hardship(5) slowly and with difficulty(6) indulging excessively(7) into a solid condition(8) very near or close in space or time(9) with pain or distress or bitterness(10) to the full extent possible; all the way(11) to the full extent possible(12) all the way(13) with great force(14) with determination(15) with difficulty(16) with resentment
(1) People say that it takes ten years of hard study to prepare for a career and love.(2) I throw my right hand out instinctively and whack it hard against the side of the door.(3) Independents can be of the anti-war left, but others come from the populist hard right.(4) Danny had forced a hard kiss onto her roughly and now, he was standing there shocked.(5) If the concrete has not set and the rain is hard or the slope is steep, nobody will be happy.(6) You can't drown problems in hard alcohol.(7) Would you want a violent criminal using hard drugs living next to you and your kids?(8) The cold weather had made the ground solid and too hard for the dirt to trap footprints.(9) Once I did recover I pulled back and slapped him hard across the face.(10) They elected the hard man, the sheriff who would give them the best protection.(11) I've worked and studied hard for my success, and know what's it's like to live on meagre funds.(12) If you look at the nature of people involved in gangs in Scotland, a lot of them would be regarded as being very hard people.(13) The attack involved several hard blows to the side of the head and being punched in the face, according to Mr Dixon.(14) He has been portrayed in some quarters as a hard taskmaster who doesn't suffer fools gladly.(15) It hit with a deafening roar, punching the ship sideways so violently that it rolled hard over to port.(16) Many liken him to a stern Victorian mill owner but there is a soft centre lurking within the hard exterior.
