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TØFF (Norwegian for "hard")

(hard, harsh, rough, tough, duro, fuerte)

1. Synonyms:
   • Difficult
   • Hard
   Definitions:
   • 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
   • Why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
   Antonyms:
   • FICULT
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   Definitions:
   • dispassionate
   Examples:
   • Took a hard look
   • A hard bargainer
   Antonyms:
   • SOFT
   • mellow
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   Definitions:
   • resisting weight or pressure
   Antonyms:
   • SOFT
   • brushed, fleecy, napped
   • cheeselike
   • compressible, squeezable
   • cottony
   • cushioned, cushiony, padded
   • demulcent, emollient, salving, softening
   • downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy
   • flaccid
   • flocculent, woolly, wooly
   • yielding
   • mushy
   • overstuffed
   • softish, semisoft
   • spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike
   • velvet, velvety
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   • Knockout
   • Severe
   Definitions:
   • very strong or vigorous
   Examples:
   • Strong winds
   • A hard left to the chin
   • A knockout punch
   • A severe blow
   Antonyms:
   • Weak
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Arduous
   • Backbreaking
   • Grueling
   • Gruelling
   • Hard
   • Heavy
   • Laborious
   • Operose
   • Punishing
   • Toilsome
   Definitions:
   • characterized by 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
   Antonyms:
   • Effortless
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Unvoiced
   • Voiceless
   • Surd
   • Hard
   Definitions:
   • produced without vibration of the vocal cords
   Examples:
   • Unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'
   Antonyms:
   • OICED
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   • Concentrated
   Definitions:
   • (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
   Antonyms:
   • D
   
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   Definitions:
   • (of speech sounds)
   • produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
   Examples:
   • Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants
   Antonyms:
   • SOFT
   • fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident
   • palatal, palatalized, palatalised
   
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Intemperate
   • Hard
   • Heavy
   Definitions:
   • given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
   Examples:
   • A hard drinker
   Antonyms:
   • Nonindulgent
   • Strict
   
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Hard
    • Strong
    Definitions:
    • being distilled rather than fermented
    • having a high alcoholic content
    Examples:
    • Hard liquor
    Antonyms:
    • Nonalcoholic
    
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Hard
    • Tough
    Definitions:
    • unfortunate or hard to bear
    Examples:
    • Had hard luck
    • A tough break
    Antonyms:
    • Good
    
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Hard
    Definitions:
    • dried out
    Examples:
    • Hard dry rolls left over from the day before
    Antonyms:
    • Fresh
    
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   Definitions:
   • 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
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   • Firmly
   Definitions:
   • with firmness
   Examples:
   • Held hard to the railing
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   Definitions:
   • earnestly or intently
   Examples:
   • Thought hard about it
   • Stared hard at the accused
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   • Severely
   Definitions:
   • causing great damage or hardship
   Examples:
   • Industries hit hard by the depression
   • She was severely affected by the bank's failure
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   Definitions:
   • slowly and with difficulty
   Examples:
   • Prejudices die hard
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Heavily
   • Intemperately
   • Hard
   Definitions:
   • indulging excessively
   Examples:
   • He drank heavily
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   Definitions:
   • into a solid condition
   Examples:
   • Concrete that sets hard within a few hours
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   Definitions:
   • 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
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   Definitions:
   • with pain or distress or bitterness
   Examples:
   • He took the rejection very hard
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Hard
    Definitions:
    • to the full extent possible
    • all the way
    Examples:
    • Hard alee
    • The ship went hard astern
    • Swung the wheel hard left