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(adj) difficult
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
a difficult task; nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access; difficult times; why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
(adj) heavy, grueling, gruelling, laborious, backbreaking, arduous, toilsome, operose, punishing
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
worked their arduous way up the mining valley; a grueling campaign; hard labor; heavy work; heavy going; spent many laborious hours on the project; set a punishing pace
(adj) tough
unfortunate or hard to bear
had hard luck; a tough break
(adj) concentrated
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
(adj) strong
being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
hard liquor
(adj) heavy, intemperate
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
a hard drinker
(adj) voiceless, unvoiced, surd
produced without vibration of the vocal cords
unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'
very strong or vigorous
strong winds; a hard left to the chin; a knockout punch; a severe blow
(adv) severely
causing great damage or hardship
industries hit hard by the depression; she was severely affected by the bank's failure
(adv) firmly
with firmness
held hard to the railing
(adv) heavily, intemperately
indulging excessively
he drank heavily