hard

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"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";

resisting weight or pressure

very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"

characterized by 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 punishing pace"

(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum; "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"

given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"

unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"

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"

with firmness; "held hard to the railing"

earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"

causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"