ALL meanings of hard
hard
H h - adverb hard You can use hard to indicate that something happens intensely and for a long time. 0
- adjective hard If a person or their expression is hard, they show no kindness or sympathy. 0
- adjective hard If you are hard on someone, you treat them severely or unkindly. 0
- adjective hard Hard is also an adverb. 0
- adjective hard If you say that something is hard on a person or thing, you mean it affects them in a way that is likely to cause them damage or suffering. 0
- adjective hard If you have a hard life or a hard period of time, your life or that period is difficult and unpleasant for you. 0
- graded adjective hard A hard winter or a hard frost is a very cold one. 0
- graded adjective hard Hard colours or sounds are harsh or bright and unpleasant to see or hear. 0
- adjective hard Hard evidence or facts are definitely true and do not need to be questioned. 0
- adjective hard Hard water contains a lot of calcium compounds that stop soap making bubbles and sometimes appear as a deposit in kettles and baths. 0
- adjective hard Hard drugs are very strong illegal drugs such as heroin or cocaine. 0
- adjective hard In phonetics, a hard sound is one such as 'c' or 'g' as pronounced in the words 'cat' or 'give', and not as in the words 'cinema' or 'general'. 0
- adjective hard firm or rigid; not easily dented, crushed, or pierced 0
- adjective hard toughened by or as if by physical labour; not soft or smooth 0
- adjective hard difficult to do or accomplish; arduous 0
- adjective hard difficult to understand or perceive 0
- adjective hard showing or requiring considerable physical or mental energy, effort, or application 0
- adjective hard stern, cold, or intractable 0
- adjective hard exacting; demanding 0
- adjective hard harsh; cruel 0
- adjective hard inflicting pain, sorrow, distress, or hardship 0
- adjective hard tough or adamant 0
- adjective hard forceful or violent 0
- adjective hard cool or uncompromising 0
- adjective hard indisputable; real 0
- adjective hard (of water) impairing the formation of a lather by soap 0
- adjective hard practical, shrewd, or calculating 0
- adjective hard too harsh to be pleasant 0
- adjective hard (of cash, money, etc) in coin and paper rather than cheques 0
- adjective hard (of currency) in strong demand, esp as a result of a good balance of payments situation 0
- adjective hard (of credit) difficult to obtain; tight 0
- adjective hard (of alcoholic drink) being a spirit rather than a wine, beer, etc 0
- adjective hard (of a drug such as heroin, morphine, or cocaine) highly addictive 0
- adjective hard (of radiation, such as gamma rays and X-rays) having high energy and the ability to penetrate solids 0
- adjective hard (of a vacuum) almost complete 0
- adjective hard (of goods) durable 0
- adjective hard short for hard-core 0
- adjective hard (of news coverage) concentrating on serious stories 0
- adjective hard (not in modern technical usage) denoting the consonants c and g in English when they are pronounced as velar stops (k, g) 0
- adjective hard (of consonants in the Slavonic languages) not palatalized 0
- adjective hard being heavily fortified and protected 0
- adjective hard (of nuclear missiles) located underground in massively reinforced silos 0
- adjective hard politically extreme 0
- adjective hard incorrigible or disreputable (esp in the phrase a hard case) 0
- adjective hard (of bread, etc) stale and old 0
- adverb hard with great energy, force, or vigour 0
- adverb hard as far as possible; all the way 0
- adverb hard with application; earnestly or intently 0
- adverb hard with great intensity, force, or violence 0
- adverb hard close; near 0