Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Adjective
S: (adj) 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?"
S: (adj) hard (dispassionate) "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"
S: (adj) hard, knockout, severe (very strong or vigorous) "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
S: (adj) 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"
S: (adj) unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard (produced without vibration of the vocal cords) "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
S: (adj) hard, concentrated ((of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source)
S: (adj) 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"
S: (adj) intemperate, hard, heavy (given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors) "a hard drinker"
S: (adj) hard, strong (being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content) "hard liquor"
S: (adj) hard, tough (unfortunate or hard to bear) "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
S: (adj) hard (dried out) "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
Adverb
S: (adv) 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"
S: (adv) hard, firmly (with firmness) "held hard to the railing"
S: (adv) hard (earnestly or intently) "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"
S: (adv) hard, severely (causing great damage or hardship) "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"
S: (adv) hard, hardly (slowly and with difficulty) "prejudices die hard"; "he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight"
S: (adv) hard (into a solid condition) "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
S: (adv) 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"
S: (adv) hard (with pain or distress or bitterness) "he took the rejection very hard"
S: (adv) hard (to the full extent possible; all the way) "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"