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A2. firm and stiff, and not easy to press or bend: a hard surface. The seats in the waiting room were hard and uncomfortable. Fewer examples. a hard lump. The bed was cold and hard. The ice cream was too hard to serve. She was sitting on a hard bench.
1. a. Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid: a hard material. b. Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment: bunkers and other hard targets. 2. a. Requiring great effort or endurance: a hard assignment. b. Performed with or marked by great diligence or energy: a project that required years of hard work.
Synonyms for HARD: ruthless, merciless, tough, stony, harsh, oppressive, brutal, abusive; Antonyms of HARD: warm, sensitive, sympathetic, charitable, kind, gentle, kindly, merciful
Definitions of hard. adjective. resisting weight or pressure. synonyms: adamantine. having the hardness of a diamond. al dente. cooked so as to be firm when eaten. corneous, hornlike, horny. made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) firm, solid. not soft or yielding to pressure. granitelike, granitic, rocklike, stony. hard as granite.
From the Word list. Definition of hard adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
hard not easy; needing effort or skill to do or understand: Teaching high school students is hard work. It was one of the hardest things I ever did. difficult or hard? Hard is slightly less formal than difficult. It is used particularly in the structure hard to believe/say/find/take, etc., although difficult can also be used in any of these ...
hard | meaning of hard in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE. Word family (noun) hardship hardness hardiness (adjective) hard hardened hardy (verb) harden (adverb) hard hardly.
