Not easily yielding to pressure How to use hard in a sentence Not easy to bend, cut, or break Difficult to understand, do, experience, or deal with Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment Bunkers and other hard targets
Requiring great effort or endurance Performed with or marked by great diligence or energy A project that required years of hard work. Something that is hard is very firm and stiff to touch and is not easily bent, cut, or broken He shuffled his feet on the hard wooden floor. Definition of hard adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
There are 83 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word hard, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Find 1748 different ways to say hard, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at thesaurus.com. Hard, difficult both describe something resistant to one's efforts or one's endurance Hard is the general word It was hard to endure the severe weather.
Proceeding or performing with force, vigor, or persistence The words arduous and difficult are common synonyms of hard While all three words mean demanding great exertion or effort, hard implies the opposite of all that is easy.
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