"harder" in the adjective sense

1. difficult, 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?"

2. hard

dispassionate

"took a hard look"

"a hard bargainer"

3. hard

resisting weight or pressure

4. hard, knockout, severe

very strong or vigorous

"strong winds"

"a hard left to the chin"

"a knockout punch"

"a severe blow"

5. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome

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"

6. unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard

produced without vibration of the vocal cords

"unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

7. hard, concentrated

of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

8. hard

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"

9. intemperate, hard, heavy

given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

"a hard drinker"

10. hard, strong

being distilled rather than fermented having a high alcoholic content

"hard liquor"

11. hard, tough

unfortunate or hard to bear

"had hard luck"

"a tough break"

12. hard

dried out

"hard dry rolls left over from the day before"

"harder" in the adverb sense

1. hard

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"

2. hard, firmly

with firmness

"held hard to the railing"

3. hard

earnestly or intently

"thought hard about it"

"stared hard at the accused"

4. hard, severely

causing great damage or hardship

"industries hit hard by the depression"

"she was severely affected by the bank's failure"

5. hard, hardly

slowly and with difficulty

"prejudices die hard"

"he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight"

6. heavily, intemperately, hard

indulging excessively

"he drank heavily"

7. hard

into a solid condition

"concrete that sets hard within a few hours"

8. hard

very near or close in space or time

"it stands hard by the railroad tracks"

"they were hard on his heels"

"a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening"

9. hard

with pain or distress or bitterness

"he took the rejection very hard"

10. hard

to the full extent possible all the way

"hard alee"

"the ship went hard astern"

"swung the wheel hard left"

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