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1 hard
Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure:
— Why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?.
synoniem: difficult.
Roget 376:
insensible,
unfeeling,
senseless,
impercipient†,
callous,
thick-skinned,
pachydermatous;
hard,
hardened;
case hardened;
proof,
obtuse,
dull;
anaesthetic;
comatose,
paralytic,
palsied,
numb,
dead.
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Roget 397:
sour;
acid,
acidulous,
acidulated;
tart,
crabbed;
acetous,
acetose†;
acerb,
acetic;
sour as vinegar,
sourish,
acescent†,
subacid [Chem];
styptic,
hard,
rough.
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Roget 951:
impenitent,
uncontrite,
obdurate;
hard,
hardened;
seared,
recusant;
unrepentant;
relentless,
remorseless,
graceless,
shriftless†.
lost,
incorrigible,
irreclaimable.
unreconstructed,
unregenerate,
unreformed;
unrepented†,
unreclaimed†,
unatoned.
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Roget 323:
hard,
rigid,
stubborn,
stiff,
firm;
starch,
starched;
stark,
unbending,
unlimber,
unyielding;
inflexible,
tense;
indurate,
indurated;
gritty,
proof.
adamant,
adamantine,
adamantean†;
concrete,
stony,
granitic,
calculous,
lithic†,
vitreous;
horny,
corneous†;
bony;
osseous,
ossific†;
cartilaginous;
hard as a rock
etc.
n.;
stiff as buckram,
stiff as a poker;
stiff as starch,
stiff as as board.
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Pools: niesłodki
2 hard
3 hard
Resisting weight or pressure.
Pools: wytrzymały, twardy
4 hard
Very strong or vigorous:
— A hard left to the chin.
synoniemen: knockout, severe.
Roget 830:
causing pain,
hurting
etc.
v.;
hurtful
etc.
(bad)
649;
painful;
dolorific†,
dolorous;
unpleasant;
unpleasing,
displeasing;
disagreeable,
unpalatable,
bitter,
distasteful;
uninviting;
unwelcome;
undesirable,
undesired;
obnoxious;
unacceptable,
unpopular,
thankless.
unsatisfactory,
untoward,
unlucky,
uncomfortable.
distressing;
afflicting,
afflictive;
joyless,
cheerless,
comfortless;
dismal,
disheartening;
depressing,
depressive;
dreary,
melancholy,
grievous,
piteous;
woeful,
rueful,
mournful,
deplorable,
pitiable,
lamentable;
sad,
affecting,
touching,
pathetic.
irritating,
provoking,
stinging,
annoying,
aggravating,
mortifying,
galling;
unaccommodating,
invidious,
vexatious;
troublesome,
tiresome,
irksome,
wearisome;
plaguing,
plaguy†;
awkward.
importunate;
teasing,
pestering,
bothering,
harassing,
worrying,
tormenting,
carking.
intolerable,
insufferable,
insupportable;
unbearable,
unendurable;
past bearing;
not to be borne,
not to be endured;
more than flesh and blood can bear;
enough to drive one mad,
enough to provoke a saint,
enough to make a parson swear,
enough to gag a maggot.
shocking,
terrific,
grim,
appalling,
crushing;
dreadful,
fearful,
frightful;
thrilling,
tremendous,
dire;
heart-breaking,
heart-rending,
heart-wounding,
heart-corroding,
heart-sickening;
harrowing,
rending.
odious,
hateful,
execrable,
repulsive,
repellent,
abhorrent;
horrid,
horrible,
horrific,
horrifying;
offensive.
nauseous,
nauseating;
disgusting,
sickening,
revolting;
nasty;
loathsome,
loathful†;
fulsome;
vile
etc.
(bad)
649;
hideous
etc.
846.
sharp,
acute,
sore,
severe,
grave,
hard,
harsh,
cruel,
biting,
caustic;
cutting,
corroding,
consuming,
racking,
excruciating,
searching,
grinding,
grating,
agonizing;
envenomed;
catheretic†,
pyrotic [Med.].
ruinous,
disastrous,
calamitous,
tragical;
desolating,
withering;
burdensome,
onerous,
oppressive;
cumbrous,
cumbersome.
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Roget 739:
severe;
strict,
hard,
harsh,
dour,
rigid,
stiff,
stern,
rigorous,
uncompromising,
exacting,
exigent,
exigeant†,
inexorable,
inflexible,
obdurate,
austere,
hard-headed,
hard-nosed,
hard-shell [U.S.],
relentless,
Spartan,
Draconian,
stringent,
strait-laced,
searching,
unsparing,
iron-handed,
peremptory,
absolute,
positive,
arbitrary,
imperative;
coercive
etc.
744;
tyrannical,
extortionate,
grinding,
withering,
oppressive,
inquisitorial;
inclement
etc.
(ruthless)
914.1;
cruel
etc.
(malevolent)
907;
haughty,
arrogant
etc.
885;
precisian†.
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5 hard
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort:
— Hard labor.
synoniemen: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome.
Roget 704:
difficult,
not easy,
hard,
tough;
troublesome,
toilsome,
irksome;
operose†,
laborious,
onerous,
arduous,
Herculean,
formidable;
sooner said than done;
more easily said than done,
easier said than done.
difficult to deal with,
hard to deal with;
ill-conditioned,
crabbed,
crabby;
not to be handled with kid gloves,
not made with rose water.
awkward,
unwieldy,
unmanageable;
intractable,
stubborn
etc.
(obstinate)
606;
perverse,
refractory,
plaguy†,
trying,
thorny,
rugged;
knotted,
knotty;
invious†;
pathless,
trackless;
labyrinthine
etc.
(convoluted)
248;
intricate,
complicated
etc.
(tangled)
59;
impracticable
etc.
(impossible)
471;
not feasible
etc.
470;
desperate
etc.
(hopeless)
859.
embarrassing,
perplexing
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
delicate,
ticklish,
critical;
beset with difficulties,
full of difficulties,
surrounded by difficulties,
entangled by difficulties,
encompassed with difficulties.
under a difficulty;
in a box;
in difficulty,
in hot water,
in the suds,
in a cleft stick,
in a fix,
in the wrong box,
in a scrape
etc.
n.,
in deep water,
in a fine pickle;
in extremis;
between two stools,
between Scylla and Charybdis;
surrounded by shoals,
surrounded by breakers,
surrounded by quicksands;
at cross purposes;
not out of the wood.
reduced to straits;
hard pressed,
sorely pressed;
run hard;
pinched,
put to it,
straitened;
hard up,
hard put to it,
hard set;
put to one's shifts;
puzzled,
at a loss,
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
at the end of one's tether,
at the end of one's rope,
at one's wit's end,
at a nonplus,
at a standstill;
graveled,
nonplused,
nonplussed,
stranded,
aground;
stuck fast,
set fast;
up a tree,
at bay,
aux abois [Fr.],
driven into a corner,
driven from pillar to post,
driven to extremity,
driven to one's wit's end,
driven to the wall;
au bout de son Latin;
out of one's depth;
thrown out.
accomplished with difficulty;
hard-fought,
hard-earned.
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Pools: morderczy, katorżniczy
6 hard
7 hard
of light Transmitted directly from a pointed light source.
synoniem: concentrated.
8 hard
of speech sounds (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum.
9 hard
Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors:
— A hard drinker.
synoniemen: heavy, intemperate.
10 hard
Being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content:
— Hard liquor.
synoniem: strong.
Roget 159:
strong,
mighty,
vigorous,
forcible,
hard,
adamantine,
stout,
robust,
sturdy,
hardy,
powerful,
potent,
puissant,
valid.
resistless,
irresistible,
invincible,
proof against,
impregnable,
unconquerable,
indomitable,
dominating,
inextinguishable,
unquenchable;
incontestable;
more than a match for;
overpowering,
overwhelming;
all powerful,
all sufficient;
sovereign.
able-bodied;
athletic;
Herculean,
Cyclopean,
Atlantean†;
muscular,
brawny,
wiry,
well-knit,
broad-shouldered,
sinewy,
strapping,
stalwart,
gigantic.
manly,
man-like,
manful;
masculine,
male,
virile.
unweakened†,
unallayed,
unwithered†,
unshaken,
unworn,
unexhausted†;
in full force,
in full swing;
in the plenitude of power.
stubborn,
thick-ribbed,
made of iron,
deep-rooted;
strong as a lion,
strong as a horse,
strong as an ox,
strong as brandy;
sound as a roach;
in fine feather,
in high feather;
built like a brick shithouse;
like a giant refreshed.
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11 hard
Unfortunate or hard to bear:
— Had hard luck.
synoniem: tough.
Pools: niesłodki
12 hard
Dried out.
Pools: wyschnięty, czerstwy, suchy
bijwoord
1 hard
With effort or force or vigor.
2 hard
With firmness:
— Held hard to the railing.
synoniem: firmly.
3 hard
4 hard
Causing great damage or hardship:
— Industries hit hard by the depression.
synoniem: severely.
5 hard
Slowly and with difficulty:
— Prejudices die hard.
— He was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight.
synoniem: hardly.
6 hard
7 hard
8 hard
Very near or close in space or time.
9 hard
With pain or distress or bitterness.
10 hard
To the full extent possible; all the way.
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