harder Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
   hard; difficult.
   
   • 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. adjective dispassionate;
   hard.
   
   • took a hard look
   • a hard bargainer
3. adjective resisting weight or pressure
   hard.
   
4. adjective satellite very strong or vigorous
   knockout; severe; hard.
   
   • strong winds
   • a hard left to the chin
   • a knockout punch
   • a severe blow
5. adjective satellite characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
   heavy; toilsome; grueling; punishing; operose; backbreaking; hard; arduous; gruelling; laborious.
   
   • 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. adjective produced without vibration of the vocal cords
   voiceless; surd; unvoiced; hard.
   
   • unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'
7. adjective (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
   concentrated; hard.
   
8. adjective (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
   hard.
   
   • Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants
9. adjective satellite given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
   heavy; intemperate; hard.
   
   • a hard drinker
10. adjective satellite being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
    hard; strong.
    
    • hard liquor
11. adjective satellite unfortunate or hard to bear
    hard; tough.
    
    • had hard luck
    • a tough break
12. adjective satellite dried out
    hard.
    
    • hard dry rolls left over from the day before
13. adverb with effort or force or vigor
    hard.
    
    • the team played hard
    • worked hard all day
    • pressed hard on the lever
    • hit the ball hard
    • slammed the door hard
14. adverb with firmness
    hard; firmly.
    
    • held hard to the railing
15. adverb earnestly or intently
    hard.
    
    • thought hard about it
    • stared hard at the accused
16. adverb causing great damage or hardship
    severely; hard.
    
    • industries hit hard by the depression
    • she was severely affected by the bank's failure
17. adverb slowly and with difficulty
    hard.
    
    • prejudices die hard
18. adverb indulging excessively
    intemperately; hard; heavily.
    
    • he drank heavily
19. adverb into a solid condition
    hard.
    
    • concrete that sets hard within a few hours
20. adverb very near or close in space or time
    hard.
    
    • it stands hard by the railroad tracks
    • they were hard on his heels
    • a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening
21. adverb with pain or distress or bitterness
    hard.
    
    • he took the rejection very hard
22. adverb to the full extent possible; all the way
    hard.
    
    • hard alee
    • the ship went hard astern
    • swung the wheel hard left

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