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hard
adjective as in rocklike
adjective as in difficult, exhausting
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- backbreaking
- bothersome
- burdensome
- demanding
- difficile
- distressing
- effortful
- exacting
- fatiguing
- formidable
- grinding
- hairy
- herculean
- intricate
- involved
- irksome
- knotty
- labored
- laborious
- mean
- merciless
- murder
- onerous
- operose
- rigorous
- rugged
- scabrous
- severe
- slavish
- sticky
- strenuous
- tiring
- toilful
- toilsome
- unsparing
- uphill
- uphill battle
- wearing
- wearisome
- wearying
adjective as in cruel, ruthless
Weak matches
- acrimonious
- angry
- antagonistic
- austere
- bitter
- brutal
- callous
- cold
- cold fish
- cold-blooded
- dark
- disagreeable
- distressing
- dour
- exacting
- grievous
- hard as nails
- hard-boiled
- hostile
- inclement
- intemperate
- intolerable
- obdurate
- perverse
- pitiless
- rancorous
- resentful
- rigorous
- rugged
- severe
- stern
- strict
- stringent
- stubborn
- thick-skinned
- unfeeling
- unjust
- unkind
- unpleasant
- unrelenting
- unsparing
- unsympathetic
- vengeful
adjective as in true, indisputable
adverb as in with great force
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
- actively
- angrily
- animatedly
- boisterously
- briskly
- brutally
- cruelly
- earnestly
- energetically
- ferociously
- fiercely
- forcibly
- frantically
- furiously
- intensely
- keenly
- like fury
- madly
- meanly
- painfully
- powerfully
- relentlessly
- rigorously
- roughly
- rowdily
- savagely
- sharply
- spiritedly
- sprightly
- stormily
- tumultuously
- turbulently
- uproariously
- urgently
- viciously
- violently
- vivaciously
- wildly
- with all one's might
adverb as in with determination
adverb as in with difficulty
adverb as in with resentment
Example Sentences
“That’s a hard message to convey, especially when people want lower prices tomorrow,” he said.
As an archaeologist, she works in a unique, specialised role, making it hard to transfer her expertise to another job or industry.
This and other recent rainfall have done much to moisten the landscape and make it harder for blazes to start.
"I was pretty relieved that it went over, but that's why you put all those hours and hard work in."
"They should ensure that refugees who work hard and contribute to Britain can build secure, settled lives and give back to their communities," he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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