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(a) 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"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why i
(a) metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb"
(a) not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock"
(a) of speech sounds
(r) with 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) with firmness; "held hard to the railing"
(r) earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"
(r) causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank''s failure"
(r) slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard"
(r) indulging excessively; "he drank heavily"
(r) into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
(r) very 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) with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard"
(r) to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"
(s) very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
(s) characterized by toilsome 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
(s) having undergone fermentation; "hard cider"
(s) having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"
(s) unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
(s) dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"

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