| Main Entry: |
hard |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
difficult, exhausting |
Synonyms: |
Herculean, arduous, backbreaking, bothersome, burdensome,
complicated, demanding, difficile,
distressing, effortful, exacting, fatiguing, formidable, grinding,
hairy*, heavy*, intricate,
involved,
irksome, knotty, labored, laborious,
mean,
merciless,
murder, onerous, operose,
rigorous,
rough,
rugged, scabrous,
serious, severe, slavish,
sticky, strenuous,
terrible,
tiring, toilful, toilsome, tough, troublesome, unsparing, uphill battle, uphill,
wearing, wearisome, wearying
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Antonyms: |
easy, facile, mild, simple
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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