Antonyms for hard knock
Grammar : Noun |
Definition of hard knock
- As in tribulation : noun pain, unhappiness
- That's flattering to a chance acquaintance, but a hard knock at your friends.
- Extract from : « The Rest Hollow Mystery » by Rebecca N. Porter
- I've been fighting against you all these years, and many a hard knock we've had.
- Extract from : « Robert E. Lee » by Ruth Hill
- "He got a hard knock after we met the Brimsteads," said Sarah.
- Extract from : « A Man for the Ages » by Irving Bacheller
- Be jabbers, it's a hard knock you have had, and a mighty lot of blood you must have lost!
- Extract from : « Orange and Green » by G. A. Henty
- At this moment the postman's hard knock at the door nearly made him cry out aloud.
- Extract from : « The Mark Of Cain » by Andrew Lang
- His gun-stock snapped in the middle, his cocked-hat sustained many contusions, even his nose had more than one hard knock.
- Extract from : « Just Sixteen. » by Susan Coolidge
- At last the goat got tired of hearing Jack bark, and thought he would give him one hard knock, and drive him away.
- Extract from : « The Nursery, August 1881, Vol. XXX » by Various
- A little more, and one could imagine him giving Mr. Downing a good, hard knock.
- Extract from : « Mike » by P. G. Wodehouse
- "They are going to give the Boches a hard knock," said grizzled men, who remembered in their boyhood another war.
- Extract from : « Now It Can Be Told » by Philip Gibbs
- The churches will receive many a hard knock without you adding your quota.
- Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer
Synonyms for hard knock
- adversity
- affliction
- albatross
- bad luck
- blow
- bummer
- burden
- care
- cross to bear
- crucible
- curse
- difficulty
- distress
- double whammy
- downer
- drag
- grief
- hard knock
- hard time
- headache
- heartache
- misery
- misfortune
- oppression
- ordeal
- persecution
- rainy day
- reverse
- sorrow
- suffering
- trial
- trouble
- vexation
- visitation
- woe
- worry
- wretchedness
- wronging
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