playing hard ball
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Synonyms for playing hard ball
adj resolved to do somethingAntonyms for playing hard ball
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
earnest
adjective. serious; very important
major-league
adjective. big-league
more serious
adjective. crucial, weighty
- arduous
- dangerous
- deep
- difficult
- far-reaching
- fateful
- fell
- formidable
- grave
- grievous
- grim
- hard
- heavy
- important
- laborious
- major
- meaning business
- meaningful
- menacing
- momentous
- no joke
- no laughing matter
- of consequence
- operose
- out for blood
- playing hard ball
- pressing
- severe
- significant
- smoking
- sobering
- strenuous
- strictly business
- threatening
- tough
- ugly
- unamusing
- unhumorous
- urgent
- worrying
most serious
adjective. crucial, weighty
- arduous
- dangerous
- deep
- difficult
- far-reaching
- fateful
- fell
- formidable
- grave
- grievous
- grim
- hard
- heavy
- important
- laborious
- major
- meaning business
- meaningful
- menacing
- momentous
- no joke
- no laughing matter
- of consequence
- operose
- out for blood
- playing hard ball
- pressing
- severe
- significant
- smoking
- sobering
- strenuous
- strictly business
- threatening
- tough
- ugly
- unamusing
- unhumorous
- urgent
- worrying
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.