Quotes about "hard"

• Adj: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; examples: "a difficult task", "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access", "difficult times", "a difficult child", "found himself in a difficult situation", "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

• Adj: dispassionate; examples: "took a hard look", "a hard bargainer""

• Adj: resisting weight or pressure

• Adj: very strong or vigorous; examples: "strong winds", "a hard left to the chin", "a knockout punch", "a severe blow"

• Adj: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; examples: "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"

• Adj: produced without vibration of the vocal cords; example: "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

• Adj: (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

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

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

• Adj: being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; example: "hard liquor"

• Adj: unfortunate or hard to bear; examples: "had hard luck", "a tough break"

• Adj: dried out; example: "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"

• Adv: with effort or force or vigor; examples: "the team played hard", "worked hard all day", "pressed hard on the lever", "hit the ball hard", "slammed the door hard"

• Adv: with firmness; example: "held hard to the railing"

• Adv: earnestly or intently; examples: "thought hard about it", "stared hard at the accused"

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

• Adv: slowly and with difficulty; example: "prejudices die hard"

• Adv: indulging excessively; example: "he drank heavily"

• Adv: into a solid condition; example: "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"

• Adv: very near or close in space or time; examples: "it stands hard by the railroad tracks", "they were hard on his heels", "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening"

• Adv: with pain or distress or bitterness; example: "he took the rejection very hard"

• Adv: to the full extent possible; all the way; examples: "hard alee", "the ship went hard astern", "swung the wheel hard left"