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Hard as a Adjective has these synonyms:

addictive, habit-forming
Example: He later changed from marijuana to hard drugs.

angry, bitter, acrimonious, hostile, antagonistic, harsh, unpleasant, unfriendly
Example: I'm afraid there were some hard words between us.

bad, difficult, grievous, calamitous, racking, disastrous, dark, grim, distressing, devastating, agonizing, painful, unpleasant, severe, austere, tough, rough
Example: The years of the Great Depression were hard for everyone.

cold, bare, plain, straight, straightforward, blunt, unvarnished, unquestionable, verifiable, real, indisputable, undeniable, incontestable, incontrovertible, strict, inescapable, ineluctable, unavoidable, unalterable, immutable
Example: The hard fact is that the bill has never been paid.

cool, unemotional, calculating, uncompromising, methodical, critical, systematic, practical, pragmatic, businesslike, realistic, penetrating, searching, hard-headed, tough, hard-nosed
Example: Shareholders should take a hard look at the annual report. Chapelle drives a hard bargain.

difficult, perplexing, knotty, puzzling, baffling, enigmatic, intricate, complicated, complex, tangled, involved, thorny, incomprehensible, inscrutable, unsolvable, insoluble, tough
Example: There were a lot of hard questions in the exam.

sedulous, assiduous, devoted, conscientious, industrious, indefatigable, untiring, persistent, dogged, intent, eager, zealous, ardent, energetic, keen, avid
Example: Galpin is a very hard worker who gets a lot done.

sharp, well-defined, clear, distinct, stark, definite
Example: Note the hard edges of objects in Realist paintings.

spirituous, alcoholic, strong
Example: She won't touch hard liquor.

stern, cold, callous, intractable, exacting, strict, demanding, hard-hearted, stony-hearted, severe, tyrannical, despotic, dictatorial, magisterial, oppressive, cruel, ruthless, pitiless, merciless, savage, brutal, brutish, inhuman, heartless, harsh, unkind
Example: Hemel is a hard taskmaster. Of the prison warders, each was harder than the next. He advocates taking a hard line against white-collar crime.

vigorously, forcefully, forcibly, energetically, mightily, arduously, laboriously, strenuously, earnestly, actively, dynamically, eagerly, intensely, ardently, heartily, zealously, intently, spiritedly, diligently, assiduously, sedulously, studiously
Example: They always had to work very hard just to scrape by. He's hard at work writing his new book.

violently, deeply, intensely, badly, distressingly, painfully, severely, agonizingly
Example: Failing the examination hit him quite hard.

Hard as a Adverb has these synonyms:

harshly, severely, badly, ill
Example: It's going to go hard with her if she doesn't change her ways.

intently, carefully, earnestly
Example: The judge thought long and hard before passing sentence.

Hard as a Verb has these synonyms:

difficult, laborious, arduous, back-breaking, burdensome, onerous, fatiguing, tiring, exhausting, wearying, strenuous, tough, toilsome
Example: Laying track for the railway is a very hard job.

rigid, stiff, solid, inflexible, firm, dense, condensed, compressed, close, solidified, hardened, stony, rocklike, concrete, petrified, granite(-like), flinty, steely, tough, rugged, leathery, callous, unyielding, adamant(ine), impenetrable, obdurate
Example: The cement gets hard in an hour. This steak is as hard as shoe-leather. The metal was so hard that I broke three drills trying to make a hole in it.

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