HARD Crossword Clue & Answer

bad ill lax low mid set

avid back bare bony cold cool dark deep dour dull dure evil firm flat grim hale high iron keen lean mean most much near nigh open poor real ropy soft sour surd tart weak wide winy wiry

about acerb acrid acute angry badly beefy bleak blunt broad broke bulky chewy clear close cramp cruel dense eager forcy front glide gluey grave gutsy gutty hairy hardy harsh heavy hefty horny husky light lusty muted nasal nervy pitch plain rigid rocky rough sharp sober solid sound spiny stark steep stern stiff stony stout tense thick tonal tonic tough velar vowel

actual all but almost apical ardent around at hand biting bitter brassy brazen brutal busted cement coarse deeply dental dogged dorsal fast by flinty gentry hard by hard up hearty intent inured jammed knotty labial liquid marble mighty narrow nearby not far packed phonic potent purist robust rugged savage seared severe sinewy sonant stable steady steely sticky strict strong sturdy thorny tiring tricky trying twangy unkind unruly uphill vinous viscid vocoid voiced wicked

acerbic adamant adverse arduous austere brutish callous caustic central checked close by compact complex counter crabbed crammed crowded devoted doughty durable eagerly factual fervent fibrous garbled genuine glossal glottal gnawing griping gristly hard-set harmful harshly hostile hurtful hurting inhuman intense irksome jumbled knotted labored lasting lateral lingual lithoid massive not easy obscure onerous operose opposed osseous oxytone painful palatal pitched prickly pungent puritan racking rounded serious serried slavish spartan spasmic steeled stopped stringy tangled throaty unmoved viscose viscous vocalic wearing zealous

absolute abstruse accented actively alveolar ardently baffling bankrupt barytone bilabial bouncing cast-iron cemental cerebral cohesive concrete contrary corneous cramping critical definite delicate despotic diligent distinct doggedly enduring exacting forceful forcible forcibly granitic grievous grinding guttural hard-core hardened heartily in the red indigent indurate inimical insolent intently involved iron-hard ironclad ironlike laboured leathery manfully mightily no picnic obdurate obscured opposing opposite orthodox phonemic phonetic piercing pitiless poignant positive powerful profound puissant puristic puzzling rigorist rigorous rocklike ruthless scabrous sedulous severely shooting sinister stabbing stalwart stinging straight stressed stubborn syllabic terrible thickset ticklish tireless tiresome toilsome unabject ungentle ungiving unmelted untiring untoward urgently vehement vigorous wearying well-made well-nigh wretched

addictive agonising agonizing alcoholic amaroidal arduously assiduous atrocious beyond one bloodless bowelless cacuminal calloused carefully close-knit compacted condensed congested consonant demanding devotedly difficile difficult dog-eat-dog earnestly effortful energetic enigmatic fatiguing flintlike hard-nosed harrowing heartless herculean hereabout hidebound immovable immutable impliable inclement indurated inelastic insensate insoluble intensely intensive intonated intricate ironbound jam-packed laborious lapideous lithoidal merciless miserable nasalized nearabout never idle nigh about nonporous obstinate occlusive only a step operosely painfully penniless perplexed petrified posttonic practical pragmatic punishing puritanic realistic recondite resistant resistive retroflex rockbound scrambled searching semivowel shameless sleepless spasmatic spasmodic steellike stonelike straining strapping strenuous stressful stringent tenacious torturous troublous unbending unfeeling unnatural unpitiful unpitying unrounded unsparing untouched unwearied violently voiceless vowellike wearisome well-built with a kick with a will zealously

adamantine afflictive anesthetic astringent bothersome burdensome calamitous chutzpadik close about close-woven compressed continuant coriaceous diligently disastrous exhausting forcefully formidable hard-bitten hard-boiled hard-earned hard-fought hard-headed hardheaded hereabouts impassible impenitent impervious implacable inexorable inflexible insensible ironhanded labiovelar marblelike methodical near at hand nearabouts obfuscated oppressive paroxysmal perplexing persistent pharyngeal philistine red-blooded relentless rigoristic robustious rock-ribbed sedulously solidified spiritedly spirituous studiously sure-enough systematic the hard way thereabout toilsomely tormenting tyrannical unaccented unaffected unblushing uncontrite undeniable unflagging unfriendly unmerciful unpleasant unromantic unsleeping unsoftened unsolvable unstressed untiringly unyielding verifiable vigorously with effort within call

acrimonious agonizingly along toward apico-dental articulated assiduously assimilated bec et ongles calculating close at hand cold of heart cold-blooded coldblooded coldhearted complicated conflicting consonantal crammed full detrimental devastating dictatorial distressing domineering down to earth down-to-earth dynamically effortfully full-blooded granitelike habituating hard as nails hard of heart hardhearted hardworking impecunious impermeable impregnable industrious ineluctable inescapable inscrutable insensitive intemperate intractable jawbreaking labiodental laboriously leatherlike lost to shame magisterial muscle-bound palatalized penetrating practically pragmatical procrustean puritanical remorseless steadfastly straitlaced strenuously substantial thereabouts troublesome unalterable unavoidable unemotional unfavorable unforgiving unrelenting unremitting unrepentant unrepenting unvarnished utilitarian well-defined well-founded within reach

antagonistic backbreaking bitter as gall businesslike case-hardened concentrated conditioning consolidated determinedly dissimilated excruciating flinthearted full-strength habit-forming heart and soul impenetrable impoverished in opposition indisputable intransigent matter-of-fact persistently proof against relentlessly stonyhearted strong-willed thick-growing thick-skinned tooth and nail unchangeable unfavourable unidealistic unremorseful unresponsive well-grounded without mercy

apico-alveolar approximately cartilaginous close-textured conscientious counteractive dispassionate distressingly energetically incontestable indefatigable indefatigably industriously monophthongal overtechnical perseveringly set with thorns straightlaced unfalteringly unsentimental unsympathetic within earshot within hearing

conscienceless fundamentalist hammer and tongs irreconcilable pachydermatous pharyngealized steeled against strong as brandy strong as strong tough as leather uncompassioned uncompromising unquestionable unsympathizing

at close quarters conscientiously poverty-stricken straightforward uncompassionate well-constructed

hard to understand incomprehensible incontrovertible

in spitting distance

just around the corner

physiologically addictive psychologically addictive