Portuguese Meaning of hard

duro

Other Portuguese words related to duro

Definitions and Meaning of hard in English

Wordnet

hard (a)

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

dispassionate

resisting weight or pressure

produced without vibration of the vocal cords

(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum

Wordnet

hard (s)

very strong or vigorous

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

unfortunate or hard to bear

dried out

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hard (r)

with effort or force or vigor

with firmness

earnestly or intently

causing great damage or hardship

slowly and with difficulty

indulging excessively

into a solid condition

very near or close in space or time

with pain or distress or bitterness

to the full extent possible; all the way

Webster

hard (superl.)

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.

Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.

Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure.

Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms.

Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.

Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.

Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.

Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc.

Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone.

Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.

Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.

Webster

hard (adv.)

With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.

With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.

Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly.

So as to raise difficulties.

With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard.

Close or near.

Webster

hard (v. t.)

To harden; to make hard.

Webster

hard (n.)

A ford or passage across a river or swamp.

FAQs About the word hard

duro

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure, dispassionate, resisting weight or pressure, very strong or vigorous,

cruel,impiedoso,pedregoso,duro,abusivo,brutal,insensível,de sangue-frio,cruel,sombrio

caritativo,compassivo,gentil,humano,gentil,por favor,misericordioso,suave,sensível,simpático

harbrough => porto, harbourage => Porto, harbour => porto, harborous => porto, harborough => Harborough,