hard vs unamusing

hard

adj
  • Unquestionable, unequivocal. 

  • In a physical form, not digital. 

  • Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength). 

  • Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off. 

  • Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle. 

  • Containing alcohol. 

  • Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading. 

  • Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows. 

  • Strong. 

  • Sexually aroused; having an erect penis. 

  • Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with. 

  • Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal. 

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

  • Tough and muscular. 

  • High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium. 

  • Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft). 

  • Demanding a lot of effort to endure. 

  • Far, extreme. 

  • Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized. 

  • Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market. 

  • Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command. 

  • Hardened; having unusually strong defences. 

  • Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise. 

  • Resistant to pressure. 

  • hardcore 

  • Plosive. 

  • Unvoiced. 

adv
  • With much force or effort. 

  • Compactly. 

  • With difficulty. 

noun
  • Crack cocaine. 

  • A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums. 

  • Hard labor. 

  • A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water. 

unamusing

adj
  • Not amusing. 

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