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What is the adjective for hard?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs harden and hardship which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

hard
  1. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
    1. Resistant to pressure.
    2. (of drink or drugs) Strong.
    3. (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
    4. (physics) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
  2. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
    1. Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand.
    2. Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
    3. Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
    4. (dated) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
  3. Unquestionable.
  4. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
  5. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
  6. (phonetics, not comparable)
    1. Plosive.
    2. Unvoiced
    3. Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized
  7. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
    1. Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
    2. Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
  8. (not comparable) In the form of a hard copy.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. solid, firm, rigid, strong, tough, durable, hardened, robust, steely, stiff, sturdy, unbreakable, unmalleable, unpliable, impenetrable, impermeable, indurate, indurated, inflexible, rocklike, rocky, set, solidified, stiffened, stony, adamantine, concentrated, renitent, rock-hard, rock-like, rock-solid, unyielding, as hard as iron, as hard as stone, concrete, frozen, compact, impliable, inelastic, taut, thick, dense, unbending, immalleable, unbendable, non-flexible, unflexible, compacted, close, congealed … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “The glass would fall and shatter on the hard concrete floor.”
      “It's hard work trying to get a good photo of my children who won't sit still.”
      “The children delivered several hard blows to the pinata with their sticks.”
hardish
  1. Somewhat hard.
  2. (colloquial) Quite hard.
  3. Examples:
      4. “This was produced by the Department for International Development, the fief of Clare Short, once a totemic figure for the hardish left.”
      “I polish my pots with a tumbled agate or back of a spoon when the pots are on the hardish side of leather hard and get a nice shine which carries through even after firing.”
      “All plant rough from hardish hairs covering it.”
hardy
  1. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. strong, sturdy, tough, stout, robust, hardened, rugged, hard, toughened, inured, resilient, solid, sound, firm, stalwart, resistant, substantial, tenacious, fit, indefatigable, enduring, lusty, healthy, capable, seasoned, hearty, unflagging, hale, cast-iron, hard-bitten, vigorous, well, able-bodied, hale and hearty, in good health, whole, fighting fit, in good shape, durable, fit as a fiddle, well-conditioned, athletic, wholesome, in good trim, in fine fettle, in tip-top condition, fine, strapping, active, husky … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Everyone seems oblivious to the rain falling from a worryingly thunderous sky, a mere inconvenience to this hardy bunch.”
      “Helgi, son of Thorgils, was a tall, strong and hardy man. He was fine-looking and stout.”
      “Until a few years ago, the journey from Quito to Bogotá was one of the world's classic horseback journeys, undertaken only by a few hardy souls.”
hardsome
  1. Characterised by hardness; stern; severe; difficult
  2. Examples:
      3. “Her daily life is very hardsome and full of continuous labour.”
hardened
  1. Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. strong, tough, sturdy, stout, toughened, hardy, rugged, inured, hard, vigorous, resistant, desensitised, desensitized, indurate, callous, indurated, steeled, coarsened, benumbed, cast-iron, hard-bitten, case-hardened, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hard-as-nails, robust, resilient, solid, durable, sound, substantial, firm, hard-wearing, well-built, stalwart, strengthened, stable, strongly made, tempered, lusty, indestructible, resolute, fit, staunch, long-lasting, heavy-duty, built to last, hard as nails, hearty, tenacious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He should emerge strong, tough, lean, and hardened from his ordeal.”
      “The commandos presented an insignificant threat provided that they could retreat into the safety of the hardened fortress.”
      “As for Annie, I'm sure a lady of her experience is hardened to having strange things.”
hardenable
  1. Capable of being hardened.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The martensitic stainless steels are hardenable by heat treatment and are magnetic.”
      “This alloy is, however, not satisfactory for use at elevated temperatures because it is age hardenable, and becomes embrittled.”
      “All hardenable steels must be hardened and tempered before being nitrided.”
hardest
  1. superlative form of hard: most hard. Most rigid or most difficult.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. firmest, rigidest, strongest, toughest, robustest, steeliest, stiffest, sturdiest, rockiest, stoniest, most solid, most durable, most hardened, most unbreakable, most unmalleable, most unpliable, most impermeable, most indurate, most inflexible, most rocklike, most set, most adamantine, most concentrated, most renitent, most rock-hard, most rock-like, most unyielding, most concrete, most frozen, difficultest, harshest, heaviest, roughest, seriousest, severest, sweatiest, most exhausting, most grueling, most laborious, most strenuous, most tiring, most backbreaking, most bothersome, most burdensome, most demanding, most exacting, most gruelling, most testing, most troublesome … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “My brothers and I would promise to put our differences aside and try our hardest not to argue, fuss, or fight.”
      “His birdie on the hardest hole on the course was just reward for his superb approach shot.”
      “A rare British treat filled with wit, warmth and enough emotion to melt the hardest heart.”
hardier
  1. comparative form of hardy: more hardy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. stronger, sturdier, tougher, stouter, robuster, ruggeder, harder, sounder, firmer, fitter, lustier, healthier, heartier, haler, more hardened, more resilient, more solid, more stalwart, more resistant, more substantial, more tenacious, more indefatigable, more enduring, more capable, more seasoned, more unflagging, more cast-iron, more durable, more vigorous, more hard-wearing, more resolute, better-built, longer-lasting, more heavy-duty, more stable, better-made, more unyielding, more impervious, stauncher, more unbreakable, more reliable, more bombproof, more determined, more perdurable, more lasting, securer, safer, more dependable, more dogged, stubborner … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Less-rustic accommodations are available in the main lodge or in one of 12 cabins, while hardier campers can get economy-class tents.”
      “They are hardier than standard roses and easy to grow, and they flower over a long period in a painter's palate of colors.”
      “Varieties with bluish or purplish leaves are hardier than those with greener leaves.”
hardiest
  1. superlative form of hardy: most hardy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. strongest, sturdiest, toughest, stoutest, robustest, ruggedest, hardest, soundest, firmest, fittest, lustiest, healthiest, heartiest, halest, most hardened, most resilient, most solid, most stalwart, most resistant, most substantial, most tenacious, most indefatigable, most enduring, most capable, most seasoned, most unflagging, most cast-iron, most durable, most vigorous, most hard-wearing, most resolute, best-built, longest-lasting, most heavy-duty, most stable, best-made, most unyielding, most impervious, staunchest, most unbreakable, most reliable, most bombproof, most determined, most perdurable, most lasting, securest, safest, most dependable, most dogged, stubbornest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Even camels, the hardiest of animals, have stopped lactating and will soon die.”
      “This is one of the hardiest house plants known to man or woman, which should endear it at once to everyone who isn't green-fingered.”
      “This breed is a standard white bird, fast-growing, but not the hardiest thing around.”
hardening
  1. present participle of harden
  2. Synonyms:
      3. solidifying, setting, congealing, freezing, stiffening, indurating, annealing, crystallising, crystallizing, tempering, densifying, ossifying, thickening, toughening, bracing, clotting, coagulating, concreting, fortifying, harshening, petrifying, buttressing, caking, firming, gelatinizing, girding, inspissating, strengthening, vitrifying, amalgamating, calcifying, cementing, compacting, consolidating, curdling, fixing, fossilising, fossilizing, jelling, precipitating, pressing, settling, vulcanizing, firming up, becoming hard, becoming solid, gelling, jellying, condensing, drying … more
hardshipped
  1. simple past tense and past participle of hardship
hardshipping
  1. present participle of hardship
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