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hardnessnoun something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goalthe test questions were rated for hardness, a rating of five indicating the most difficult adversity, asperity, difficulty, hardship, rigor discomfort, inconvenience, nuisanceaffliction, trial, tribulationknock, misfortune, mishap, tragedybar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, pons asinorum, rub, shackle, snag, stop, trammelblock, chain, deterrent, encumbrance, fetter, inhibitionhump advantage, break, opportunity the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)the aunt's hardness gradually crumbled under the influence of the little orphan's endearing ways exactingness, harshness, inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, rigorousness, severity, sternness, strictness, stringency callousness, hard-heartedness, implacability, obduracy, obdurateness, pitilessnessdourness, gruffnessasceticism, austereness, austerity, monasticismdetermination, firmness, resolve, steadfastnessobstinacy, stubbornness flexibility, gentleness, laxness, mildness forbearance, indulgence, kindness, lenience, patience, softness, tenderness, toleranceresponsiveness, willingnesscompliance, pliability, pliancy before the 12th century |