Open English Wordnet
Adjectives
(a)difficult, hardnot 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?” (a)harddispassionate“took a hard look”,
“a hard bargainer” (a)hardresisting weight or pressure (s)hard, knockout, severevery strong or vigorous“a hard left to the chin”,
“a knockout punch”,
“a severe blow” (s)arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsomecharacterized 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” (a)unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hardproduced without vibration of the vocal cords“unvoiced consonants such as ‘p’ and ‘k’ and ‘s’” (a)hard, concentrated(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source (a)hard(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum“Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants” (s)intemperate, hard, heavygiven to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors“a hard drinker” (s)hard, strongbeing distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content“hard liquor” (s)hard, toughunfortunate or hard to bear“had hard luck”,
“a tough break” (s)harddried out“hard dry rolls left over from the day before” Adverbs
(r)hardwith effort or force or vigor“the team played hard”,
“worked hard all day”,
“pressed hard on the lever”,
“hit the ball hard”,
“slammed the door hard” (r)hard, firmlywith firmness“held hard to the railing” (r)hardearnestly or intently“thought hard about it”,
“stared hard at the accused” (r)hard, severelycausing great damage or hardship“industries hit hard by the depression”,
“she was severely affected by the bank's failure” (r)hard, hardlyslowly and with difficulty“prejudices die hard”,
“he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight” (r)hardinto a solid condition“concrete that sets hard within a few hours” (r)hardvery near or close in space or time“it stands hard by the railroad tracks”,
“they were hard on his heels”,
“a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening” (r)hardwith pain or distress or bitterness“he took the rejection very hard” (r)hardto the full extent possible; all the way“hard alee”,
“the ship went hard astern”,
“swung the wheel hard left”