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Synonyms for hards
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hahrdz |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɑrdz |
Top 10 synonyms for hards Other synonyms for the word hards
- abstain from
- antagonize
- assail
- assault
- battle
- bear
- brook
- buck
- check
- contend
- counteract
- countervail
- die hard
- dispute
- duel
- fight back
- forbear
- hinder
- hold
- hold off
- hold out against
- keep from
- leave alone
- persevere
- persist
- put up a fight
- refrain
- refuse
- remain
- remain firm
- repel
- stand up to
- stay
- stonewall
- struggle against
- suffer
- thwart
- traverse
- turn down
- weather
Définition of hards
Origin :- Old English heard "solid, firm, not soft," also "severe, rigorous, cruel," from Proto-Germanic *hardu- (cf. Old Saxon and Dutch hard, Old Norse harðr "hard," Old High German harto "extremely, very," German hart, Gothic hardus "hard"), from PIE *kortu-, (cf. Greek kratos "strength," kratys "strong"), from root *kar-/*ker- "hard." Meaning "difficult to do" is from c.1200. The adverb sense was also present in Old English.
- Hard of hearing preserves obsolete Middle English sense of "having difficulty in doing something." Hard liquor is 1879, American English (hard drink is from 1810; hard cider is from 1789), and this probably led to hard drugs (1955). Hard facts is from 1887; hard news is from 1938. Hard copy (as opposed to computer record) is from 1964; hard disk is from 1978. Hard up (1610s) is originally nautical, of steering (slang sense of "short of money" is from 1821), as is hard and fast (1680s), of a ship on shore. Hard times "period of poverty" is from 1705.
- Hard money (1706) is specie, as opposed to paper. Hence 19c. U.S. hard (n.) "one who advocates the use of metallic money as the national currency" (1844). To play hard to get is from 1945. Hard rock as a pop music style recorded from 1967.
- As in resist : verb withstand, oppose
- I think the Hards must have deteriorated considerably since the battle of Lexington.
- Extract from : « Across the Mesa » by Jarvis Hall
- You shrink from the hards of life which I steer happily through.
- Extract from : « The Half-Hearted » by John Buchan
Antonyms for hards
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