adv. with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard"

adv. to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"

adv. into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"

adv. with firmness; "held hard to the railing"

adj. (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"

adj. resisting weight or pressure

adj. dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";

adj. dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"

adj. given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"

adj. being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"

adj. unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"

adj. 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?"

adj. produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

adj. very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"

adj. given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"

adv. in an indulgently luxurious manner; "she sprawled out luxuriously on the sofa"

adj. devoid of feeling or sensation; "unfeeling trees"

adj. possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"

adj. formed by the coalescence of particles

adj. difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"

adj. requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"

adj. not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"

adj. having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate; "intricate lacework"

adj. marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

adj. resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax"

adj. not conveniently timed; "an early departure is inconvenient for us"

adj. lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"

adj. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"

adj. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"

adj. very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"

adj. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"

adj. possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue; "firm muscles"

adj. possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"

adj. 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?"

adj. of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state"

adj. (of eggs) no longer edible; "an addled egg"

adj. having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child"

adj. having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave"

adj. having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"

adj. becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"

adj. spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots"

adj. not firm; "wilted lettuce"

adj. covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"

adj. (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon"

adj. not moderated or controlled; "his untempered individualism"

adj. causing

adj. having alcohol added: "a cup of brandy-laced coffee"; "he drank too much of the spiked punch"

adj. containing or of the nature of alcohol; "spiritous beverages"; "spirituous liquors"

adj. extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"

adj. badly behaved; "a naughty boy"

adj. (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; "a corked port"

adj. bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"

adj. very bad in degree or extent; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage"

adj. causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"

adj. (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"

adj. exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"

adj. not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess"

adj. having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"

adj. unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"

adj. severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge"

adj. not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"

adj. not favorable; "made an unfavorable impression"; "unfavorable reviews"

adj. "the pay is unsatisfactory and the conditions are unacceptable"

adj. not conducive to good moral development; "the movie is unsuitable for children"

adj. complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"

adj. made greater or stronger; "beefed-up sales efforts"

adj. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"

adj. having a thick short powerful neck

adj. resembling a bullock in strength and power; "thick bullocky shoulders"

adj. devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters"

adj. forceful and extreme and rigorous; "drastic measures"

adj. marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails; "hobnailed laborers"

adj. exhibiting strength or hardness like that of iron; "ironlike determination"; "ironlike nerves"; "ironlike discipline of the Marines"

adj. strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down blow"

adj. readily noticed; "a noticeable resemblance"

adj. having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"

adj. given added strength or support; "reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting"

adj. rough and crude; "a robust tale"

adj. of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"

adj. strongly and firmly constructed; "a well-knit argument"; "a well-knit theatrical production"; "well-knit athletes"; "a sailor short but well-set"- Alexander Hamilton

adj. marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"

adj. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"

adj. devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures"

adj. gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires; "pampering parents often have spoilt children"; "a very pampering cruise experience"

adv. to a slight degree; "her speech is only lightly accented"

adj. (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')

adj. willing to negotiate and compromise

adj. like down or as soft as down

adj. easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"

adj. not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting"

adj. posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma"

adj. having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"

adj. easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"

adj. requiring or apparently requiring no effort; "the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air"

adj. arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

adj. performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand"

adj. affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"

adj. not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting"

adj. produced with vibration of the vocal cords; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'";