hard in English

adjective

1

solid, firm, and resistant to pressure; not easily broken, bent, or pierced.

a hard mattress

synonyms: firm, solid, rigid, stiff, resistant, unbreakable, inflexible, impenetrable, unyielding, solidified, hardened, compact, compacted, dense, close-packed, compressed, steely, tough, strong, stony, rocklike, flinty, as hard as stone, frozen, adamantine

2

requiring a great deal of endurance or effort.

stooping over all day was hard work

synonyms: arduous, strenuous, tiring, fatiguing, exhausting, wearying, back-breaking, grueling, heavy, laborious, difficult, taxing, exacting, testing, challenging, demanding, punishing, tough, formidable, onerous, rigorous, uphill, Herculean, murderous, killing, hellish, exigent, toilsome, difficult, puzzling, perplexing, baffling, bewildering, mystifying, knotty, thorny, problematic, complicated, complex, intricate, involved, insoluble, unfathomable, impenetrable, incomprehensible, unanswerable

3

done with a great deal of force or strength.

a hard blow to the head

synonyms: forceful, heavy, strong, sharp, smart, violent, powerful, vigorous, mighty, hefty, tremendous

4

potent, powerful, or intense, in particular.

adverb

1

with a great deal of effort.

they work hard at school

synonyms: diligently, industriously, assiduously, conscientiously, sedulously, busily, enthusiastically, energetically, doggedly, steadily, like mad, like crazy, with difficulty, with effort, after a struggle, painfully, laboriously

2

so as to be solid or firm.

the mortar has set hard

3

to the fullest extent possible.

put the wheel hard over to starboard

adjective

firm, solid, rigid, stiff, resistant, unbreakable, inflexible, impenetrable, unyielding, solidified, hardened, compact, compacted, dense, close-packed, compressed, steely, tough, strong, stony, rocklike, flinty, as hard as stone, frozen, adamantine
arduous, strenuous, tiring, fatiguing, exhausting, wearying, back-breaking, grueling, heavy, laborious, difficult, taxing, exacting, testing, challenging, demanding, punishing, tough, formidable, onerous, rigorous, uphill, Herculean, murderous, killing, hellish, exigent, toilsome
diligent, hard-working, industrious, sedulous, assiduous, conscientious, energetic, keen, enthusiastic, zealous, earnest, persevering, persistent, unflagging, untiring, indefatigable, studious
difficult, puzzling, perplexing, baffling, bewildering, mystifying, knotty, thorny, problematic, complicated, complex, intricate, involved, insoluble, unfathomable, impenetrable, incomprehensible, unanswerable
harsh, grim, difficult, bad, bleak, dire, tough, austere, unpleasant, uncomfortable, straitened, spartan, dark, distressing, painful, awful
strict, harsh, firm, severe, stern, tough, rigorous, demanding, exacting, callous, unkind, unsympathetic, cold, heartless, hard-hearted, unfeeling, intransigent, unbending, uncompromising, inflexible, implacable, stubborn, obdurate, unyielding, unrelenting, unsparing, grim, ruthless, merciless, pitiless, cruel, standing no nonsense, ruling with a rod of iron
bitterly cold, cold, bitter, harsh, severe, bleak, freezing, icy, icy-cold, arctic
forceful, heavy, strong, sharp, smart, violent, powerful, vigorous, mighty, hefty, tremendous
reliable, definite, true, confirmed, substantiated, undeniable, indisputable, unquestionable, verifiable
alcoholic, strong, intoxicating, potent, spirituous
addictive, habit-forming, strong, harmful
difficult
knockout, severe
toilsome, arduous, grueling, operose, laborious, punishing, backbreaking, heavy
tough
concentrated
intemperate, heavy
strong
unvoiced, surd, voiceless

adverb

forcefully, diligently, with difficulty, severely, heavily, closely, intemperately, firmly
forcefully, forcibly, roughly, powerfully, strongly, heavily, sharply, vigorously, energetically, with all one's might, with might and main
diligently, industriously, assiduously, conscientiously, sedulously, busily, enthusiastically, energetically, doggedly, steadily, like mad, like crazy
with difficulty, with effort, after a struggle, painfully, laboriously
severely, badly, acutely, deeply, keenly, seriously, profoundly, gravely, grievously
heavily, strongly, in torrents, in sheets, steadily, cats and dogs, buckets
closely, attentively, intently, critically, carefully, keenly, searchingly, earnestly, sharply
intemperately, heavily
severely
firmly

Use "hard" in a sentence

1. Hard-rock mining requires hard-rock miners.

2. Be hard to breathe, hard to swallow.

3. You work hard to play hard - Rough Country …

4. Hard-Bitten definition is - inclined to bite hard.

5. Dastan has fought hard today, perhaps too hard.

6. 12 He succinctly summed up his manifesto as "Work hard, train hard and play hard".

7. 5 Work hard and play hard, that's my motto.

8. 7 Her motto is "Work hard,(www.Sentencedict.com) play hard".

9. love the hard science, hard work out of genius.

10. Hard right!

11. It's hard.

12. Hard left!

13. Hard bargain.

14. Work hard.

15. Hard alee!

16. Work hard!

17. Capsules, hard

18. Type III - this is hard coat anodization, or Hard Anodising

19. 16 The school's motto was 'Work hard and play hard'.

20. Splitting, slicing or paring machines for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials

21. Summers were hard, hard work, in the heat of Tennessee summers.

22. Missing Addends Hard Hard Level Missing Addend Worksheet for grade three

23. You're hard-core.

24. Have worked hard.

25. Yesung? Study hard.

26. You've worked hard.

27. It's not hard.

28. Hard to resist.

29. Hard-core ROTC.

30. He thought hard.

31. Work is hard.

32. Pull it hard.

33. Both hard targets.

34. No hard feelings.

35. Hard left, baby!

36. You work hard.

37. “A Hard Vision”

38. Hard to breathe!

39. Teaching was hard.

40. I fell hard.

41. Hard to starboard.

42. This is hard.

43. Not so hard.

44. First of all, it's really hard to use -- really hard to use.

45. 9 Poker-faced life habits, habits hard to make our hearts hard.

46. The vast majority of Dutch cheeses are semi-hard or hard cheeses.

47. It is a dry, somnolent , empty landscape, hard to unlock, hard to invade.

48. The degree of segregation depends on the ratio of the hard-hard-segment affinity to the mutual affinity of hard and soft segments.

49. He was working hard.

50. And calculus is hard.