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hardadjective having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelingsa hard man, who never had a kind word for anyone affectless, callous, case-hardened, cold-blooded, compassionless, desensitized, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, heartless, indurate, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, insensitive, ironhearted, merciless, obdurate, pachydermatous, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, slash-and-burn, soulless, stony(also stoney), stonyhearted, take-no-prisoners, thick-skinned, uncharitable, unfeeling, unmerciful, unsparing, unsympathetic boorish, heedless, inconsiderate, thoughtless, uncaring, unfriendly, unloving, unthinkinggrim, hard-bitten, harsh, heavy-handed, ironfisted, ironhanded, jackbooted, knock-down, drag-out(or knock-down-and-drag-out), oppressive, rough, rough-and-tumble, severe, sledgehammer, stern, tough, ungentleabusive, acrimonious, disagreeable, hateful, ill-natured, ill-tempered, malevolent, malicious, mean, rancorous, spiteful, surly, virulentbarbarous, bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, evil-minded, savage, viciousaustere, cold, frosty charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, kindly, merciful, sensitive, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted benevolent, benignant, gentle, kindclement, indulgent, lenient, mildcordial, friendly, good-natured, good-tempered, gracioustolerant, understandingaffectionate, fond, loving requiring considerable physical or mental effortclearing land is hard work a hard exam to pass arduous, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling(or gruelling), heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, elusive, hairy, insoluble, intricate, involved, knotty, opaque, problematic(also problematical), recondite, serious, spiny, stubborn, thorny, ticklish, trickybruising, burdensome, exhausting, labored, onerous, oppressive, stressful, taxing, tight, tryingannoying, bothersome, distressing, irksome, troublesome, vexatiousgrievous, grim, strict, stringentbrutal, cruel, inhuman, painful cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding achievable, clear, doable, elementary, manageable, uncomplicatedcomforting, gentle, painless, relaxed, smooth, soothingaccessible, friendly, idiotproof, user-friendly able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposurethey were forced to import sheep of a harder stock, one that could thrive in the harsh climate cast-iron, hard-bitten, hardened, hardy, inured, rugged, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, toughened, vigorous flinty, leathery, resilient, stalwartdurable, enduring, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, lasting, permanent, stable, staunch(also stanch), staying, tenacious, unyieldingflourishing, prospering, thrivingable-bodied, brawny, muscularfit, fortified, hale, healthy, husky, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sound, strapping, virileannealed, seasoned, tempered delicate, nonhardy, soft, tender, weak emasculated, enervated, enfeebled, exhausted, run-down, sapped, wasted, weakened, worn, worn outcrippled, debilitated, diseased, incapacitated, infirm, unsoundfragile, frail, punyresistless, sensitive, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yieldingmortal, perishable, temporary, transient based on sound reasoning or informationdo you have any hard evidence that this was once the site of a Native American village? commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensical, firm, good, informed, just, justified, levelheaded, logical, rational, reasonable, reasoned, sensible, sober, solid, valid, well-founded actual, real, truecertain, surecertified, validated, verifiedconfirmed, corroborated, substantiatedcogent, convincingcolorable, credible, plausible groundless, illogical, invalid, irrational, nonrational, nonsensical, nonvalid, unfounded, uninformed, unjustified, unreasonable, unreasoned, unsound unsubstantiated, unsupported, unwarrantedflimsy, implausible, unconvincing, weakfallacious, false, misguided, misled difficult to endurethe hard life of a migrant farm worker bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, excruciating, grievous, grim, hardhanded, harsh, heavy, inhuman, murderous, onerous, oppressive, rough, rugged, searing, severe, stiff, tough, trying austere, bleak, comfortless, discomforting, forbidding, inhospitable, spartan, uncomfortablebiting, inclement, intemperate, wildrigorous, strict, stringentagonizing, heartbreaking, heartrending, painful, wretchedcrushing, grinding, overwhelming, wearinginsufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurableharrowing, tortuousbad, disagreeable, hostile, unfriendly, unpleasant easy, light, soft comfortable, cozy, luxurious, snugagreeable, friendly, genial, hospitable, pleasantpeaceful, relaxing, reposeful, restfulbearable, endurable, painless, tolerablebalmy, calm, clement, gentle, mild, moderate, temperate extreme in degree, power, or effecta carpet that withstood years of hard wear acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, excruciating, explosive, exquisite, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, fierce, frightful, furious, ghastly, heavy, heavy-duty, hellacious, intense, intensive, keen, profound, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent accentuated, aggravated, concentrated, deepenedemphasized, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnifiedstressedexhaustive, thoroughharsh, rigorous, severe light, moderate, soft feeble, weakshallow, superficialmoderated, qualifiedalleviated, eased, lightened, toned (down)abated, decreased, diminished, lessened, reduced, subdued given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restrainta hard disciplinarian who is quick to punish the tiniest violation of the rules austere, authoritarian, flinty, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, tough demanding, exactinguncharitable, unforgivingadamant, adamantine, callous, hardened, hard-hearted, hard-line, immovable, implacable, inflexible, merciless, ossified, pitiless, relentless, rock-ribbed, stiff, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unsparing, unyieldingdour, gruffascetic(also ascetical), monastic, monkishbrowbeating, bullyingdetermined, firm, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, unflinchingdogged, intractable, obstinate, relentless clement, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, lax, lenient, tolerant easy, easygoing, laid-back, undemandingcharitable, kind, merciful, mild, patient, soft, softheartedaccepting, compromising, yieldingresponsive, willingacquiescent, agreeable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, flexible, pliable, pliant having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressurehard candies fell on the hard floor and bruised her arm compact, firm, rigid, solid, stiff, unyielding case-hardened, compacted, compressed, hardened, indurated, stiffened, temperedclose, dense, heavy, thick, thicksetinelastic, inflexible, ramrod, unbendingcompressed, condensedadamantine, rocklikesturdy, substantialimpenetrable, impermeable, nonporous flabby, soft, spongy, squashy, squishy loose, scattered, thinbendable, elastic, flexible, malleable, pliable, pliant, suppledroopy, flaccid, floppy, lank, limp, slackairy, lightpermeable, porousultrasoft having been established and usually not subject to changethere isn't always a hard line between right and wrong certain, determinate, final, firm, fixed, flat, frozen, hard-and-fast, inexpugnable, set, settled, stable nonadjustable, noncancelable, nonnegotiable, unchangeableconstant, steady, unchanging, uniform, unwaveringdefinite, exact, explicit, specificgiven, stated, stipulateddependable, good, reliable, responsible, safe, solid, sure, tried, tried-and-true, true, trustworthy, trusty adjustable, changeable, negotiableindefinite, open-ended, unspecifiedcapricious, changeful, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile having or showing deep-seated resentmentmaintained hard feelings toward those who had cheated him acrid, acrimonious, bitter, embittered, rancorous, resentful, sore disaffected, discontented, disgruntled, malcontentcontemptuous, cynical, disdainful, misanthropic, scornfulangry, cruel, harsh, irritated, mad, rough, savage, vehement, vicious, virulent, vitriolicacid, caustic, cutting, mordant, sarcastic, trenchantknock-down, drag-out(or knock-down-and-drag-out) unbitter caring, forgiving, gentle, kind, kindhearted, loving, sweet, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasiona woman with a hard will who never budged from her chosen path adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard-nosed, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful(or wilful) anal-retentive, obsessivewayward, wrongheadeddetermined, hell-bent, inexorable, persistent, relentless, resolved, set, single-minded, steadfast, stouthearted, tenacious, unflinchingfirm, hard-line, hard-shell(or hard-shelled), iron, severe, stern, stricthidebound, narrow-minded, rigidbloody-minded(chiefly British), cantankerouscontrary, cussedcontumacious, disobedient, froward, insubordinate, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, ungovernable, unmanageable, unrulydefiant, insurgent, mutinousindomitable, invincible, unconquerableconfirmed, inveterate, unregeneratedemanding, exacting deaf to reason acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, flexible, pliable, pliant, relenting, yielding docile, obedient, placable, submissive, tractableaccepting, persuadable, receptive, responsive, willinggovernable, manageable, reasonable, temperateslavish, subservient restricted to or based on factthat newscast is strictly devoted to hard news, as the producers prefer to leave the gossip to others documentary, factual, historical, literal, matter-of-fact, nonfictional, objective, true actual, authentic, bona fide, genuine, real, rightdocumented, establishedconfirmable, reliable, supportable, sustainable, verifiabledemonstrable, provableincontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, undeniable, unquestionableplain, simplecertain, undoubted fictional, fictionalized, fictitious, nondocumentary, nonfactual, nonhistorical, unhistorical hypothetical, speculative, theoretical(also theoretic)apocryphal, unauthentic, undocumentedchimerical(also chimeric), fabulous, fanciful, fantastic(also fantastical), imaginary, imagined, invented, legendary, made-up, make-believe, mythical(or mythic), pretendembroidered, exaggeratedinsupportable, unsupportable hardadverbwith great effort or determinationwe took a much-needed break after working hard all week a hard-won victory amain, arduously, assiduously, determinedly, diligently, doggedly, hardly, industriously, intensely, intensively, intently, laboriously, mightily, purposefully, resolutely, sedulously, slavishly, strenuously actively, animatedly, briskly, busily, dynamically, energetically, feverishly, spiritedly, vehemently, vigorously, zealouslycontinuously, ploddingly, steadfastly, steadily, unabatedly, unrelentingly, unremittinglyardently, attentively, conscientiously, earnestly, exhaustively, meticulously, painstakingly, seriously, thoroughlyindefatigably, tirelessly, unflaggingly, untiringly, wearilesslyobstinately, stubbornly, willfully casually, desultorily, halfheartedly, indolently, lackadaisically, languidly, lazily, listlessly, shiftlessly, sluggishly, spiritlessly, tiredly, wearily with feelings of bitterness or grieftook the news of their grandfather's death hard agonizingly, bitterly, dolefully, dolorously, grievously, hardly, inconsolably, lugubriously, mournfully, painfully, plaintively, regretfully, resentfully, ruefully, sadly, sorely, sorrowfully, unhappily, wailfully, woefully, wretchedly abjectly, cheerlessly, crestfallenly, dejectedly, despairingly, despondently, disconsolately, dispiritedly, downheartedly, low-spiritedlyblackly, darkly, dismally, distressfully, distressingly, dourly, drearily, forlornly, gloomily, glumly, joylessly, mirthlessly, miserably, morosely, pessimistically, somberly, sullenlyacutely, harshly, keenly, piercingly, poignantly, severely, sharplycruelly, hurtfully, ill, rancorously blissfully, gladly, happily, joyfully, joyously cheerfully, cheerily, delightedly, gaily(also gayly), gleefully, good-naturedly, lightheartedly, merrily, mirthfully, rejoicingly, sunnilyblithely, blithesomely, calmly, casually, dispassionately, easily, impassively, indifferently, lightly, nonchalantly, stoically, unconcernedlyfavorably, well in a vigorous and forceful mannerhit the ball hard, causing it to soar out of bounds the wind blew hard all day dynamically, energetically, explosively, firmly, forcefully, forcibly, mightily, muscularly, powerfully, roundly, stiffly, stoutly, strenuously, strongly, sturdily, vigorously fiercely, hammer and tongs, robustly, roughshod, sharply, vehemently, violentlyactively, animatedly, briskly, crisply, eagerly, gamely, heartily, lustily, snappily, spiritedly, spunkily, vivaciouslydecidedly, determinedly, directly, emphatically, fast, fixedly, intensively, intently, purposefully, resolutely, rigidly, smartly, solidly, soundly, squarely, steadfastly, steadily, surelyaggressively, assertively, manfully, potently like gangbusters, to beat the band, with a vengeance, with might and main feebly, gently, softly, weakly delicately, faintly, frailly, shakilybloodlessly, halfheartedly, languidly, lazily, listlessly, spiritlesslyimpotently, ineffectively, ineffectually, lamely, nervelessly, spinelessly, uncertainly at, within, or to a short distance or timethe groom stood hard by, ready to help, as the lady mounted the skittish horse around, by, close, in, near, nearby, nigh hereabouts(or hereabout), hereaway(or hereaways, dialect), thereabouts(also thereabout)along, alongsideaccessibly, conveniently, handily at close quarters, at hand, on one's doorstep, within call in a manner so as to cause loss or sufferingthe dog had been treated hard by his previous owner brutally, hardly, harshly, ill, oppressively, roughly, severely, sternly, stiffly callously, cold-bloodedly, hard-heartedly, heartlessly, inhumanely, inhumanly, insensately, insensitively, mercilessly, obdurately, pitilessly, ruthlessly, tyrannically, uncharitably, unfeelingly, unmercifully, unsparinglyabusively, brutishly, savagely, viciouslyaggressively, assertively, decidedly, determinedly, firmly, grimly, gruffly, resolutely, strongly, toughly clemently, gently, leniently, lightly, mildly, softly benevolently, benignantly, considerately, cordially, graciously, kindly, lovingly, tenderlycharitably, compassionately, humanely, mercifully, softheartedly, sympathetically, tolerantly, understandingly adj.hard, difficult, arduous mean demanding great exertion or effort.hard implies the opposite of all that is easy.farming is hard work difficult implies the presence of obstacles to be surmounted or puzzles to be resolved and suggests the need of skill or courage.the difficult ascent of the mountain arduous stresses the need of laborious and persevering exertion.the arduous task of rebuilding before the 12th century |