Synonyms of the word

hard

• adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
• adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
• adj. Unquestionable.
• adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
• adj. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
• adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
• adj. (phonetics, not comparable).
• adj. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
• adj. (not comparable) In the form of a hard copy.
• adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
• adv. (manner) With difficulty.
• adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
• adv. (manner) Compactly.
• adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
• n. (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
• n. (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.

adamantine

• adj. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated.
• adj. Like the diamond in hardness or luster.

alcoholic

• n. A person addicted to alcohol.
• n. One who abuses alcohol.
• adj. Of or pertaining to alcohol.
• adj. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
• adj. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.

ambitious

• adj. Possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority,…
• adj. Strongly desirous—followed by "of" or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
• adj. Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring.
• adj. Hard to achieve.

arduous

• adj. Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
• adj. (obsolete) burning; ardent.
• adj. Difficult or exhausting to traverse.

awkward

• adv. (obsolete) In a backwards direction.
• adj. Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
• adj. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
• adj. Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
• adj. Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.
• n. Someone or something that is awkward.

backbreaking

• adj. (figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.

bad

• adj. Not good; unfavorable; negative.
• adj. Not suitable or fitting.
• adj. Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
• adj. Unhealthy.
• adj. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
• adj. Evil; wicked.
• adj. Faulty; not functional.
• adj. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
• adj. (of breath) Malodorous, foul.
• adj. (informal) Bold and daring.
• adj. (hip-hop slang) good, superlative.
• adj. (of a need or want) Severe, urgent.
• adv. (now colloquial) Badly.
• n. (slang) Error, mistake.
• n. (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted…
• adj. (slang) Fantastic.
• v. (archaic) Alternative past tense of bid. See bade.
• v. (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).

baffling

• v. present participle of baffle.
• adj. puzzling and frustrating.
• n. An act of foiling or thwarting.

calculating

• adj. (especially of a robot) Which has the ability to calculate.
• adj. (especially of a person) Which serves one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
• v. present participle of calculate.

calculative

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving calculation.

case-hardened

• adj. Alternative spelling of case hardened.

catchy

• adj. Instantly appealing and memorable (of a tune or phrase).
• adj. (dated, chiefly figuratively) Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling.
• adj. (dated) Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable.

challenging

• v. present participle of challenge.
• adj. Difficult, hard to do.
• n. The act of making a challenge.

concentrated

• adj. Not dilute; having a high concentration.
• adj. Intense; directed towards a specific location.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of concentrate.

conniving

• v. present participle of connive.
• adj. That connives; conspiratorial.

corneous

• adj. containing a horny substance; horny.

delicate

• adj. Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
• adj. Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
• adj. Intended for use with fragile items.
• adj. Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
• adj. Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
• adj. (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
• adj. (obsolete) Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
• adj. Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
• adj. Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
• adj. Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
• adj. Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
• adj. Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
• adj. Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
• n. A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie.
• n. (obsolete) A choice dainty; a delicacy.
• n. (obsolete) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.

demanding

• adj. Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.
• v. present participle of demand.

difficult

• adj. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
• adj. (often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
• adj. (obsolete) Unable or unwilling.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

effortful

• adj. Requiring or showing effort.

embarrassing

• v. present participle of embarrass.
• n. The action of the verb to embarrass.
• adj. Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.

erect

• adj. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
• adj. Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly.
• adj. (obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
• adj. (obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
• adj. Watchful; alert.
• adj. (heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
• v. (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
• v. (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
• v. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
• v. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
• v. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
• v. (astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
• v. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
• v. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

firm

• n. (Britain, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
• n. (business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized.
• n. (slang) A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
• adj. steadfast, secure, hard (in position).
• adj. fixed (in opinion).
• adj. solid, rigid (material state).
• v. (transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.
• v. (transitive) To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.
• v. (intransitive) To improve after decline.
• v. (intransitive, Australia) To shorten (of betting odds).
• v. (transitive, Britain, slang) To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so…

firmly

• adv. (manner) In a firm or definite or strong manner.
• adv. (manner) Securely.

fractious

• adj. given to troublemaking.
• adj. irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.

granitelike

• adj. Resembling granite.

granitic

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing granite.

grueling

• adj. Alternative spelling of gruelling.

gruelling

• adj. So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.

hard

• adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
• adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
• adj. Unquestionable.
• adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
• adj. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
• adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
• adj. (phonetics, not comparable).
• adj. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
• adj. (not comparable) In the form of a hard copy.
• adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
• adv. (manner) With difficulty.
• adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
• adv. (manner) Compactly.
• adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
• n. (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
• n. (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.

hard-boiled

• adj. (of a boiled egg) Cooked to a solid consistency.
• adj. (of a person, especially of a detective) Callous and unsentimental.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of hard-boil.

hardened

• v. simple past tense and past participle of harden.
• adj. Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous.

heavily

• adv. In a heavy manner.
• adv. With a great weight.
• adv. To a considerable degree, to a great extent.
• adv. In a manner designed for heavy duty.
• adv. So as to be thick or heavy.
• adv. In a laboured manner.

heavy

• adj. (of a physical object) Having great weight.
• adj. (of a topic) Serious, somber.
• adj. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
• adj. (Britain, slang, dated) Good.
• adj. (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
• adj. (of a rate of flow) High, great.
• adj. (slang) Armed.
• adj. (music) Louder, more distorted.
• adj. (of weather) Hot and humid.
• adj. (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
• adj. (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
• adj. Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
• adj. Laden to a great extent.
• adj. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with…
• adj. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
• adj. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
• adj. Not raised or leavened.
• adj. Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.
• adj. (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
• adv. heavily.
• adv. (India, colloquial) very.
• n. A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
• n. (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
• n. (aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft.
• v. (often with "up") To make heavier.
• v. To sadden.
• v. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments…
• adj. Having the heaves.

herculean

• adj. Alternative letter-case form of Herculean.

hornlike

• adj. Projecting like a horn.
• adj. Of a hard substance, similar to horn.

horny

• adj. Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.
• adj. Having horns.
• adj. (informal) Sexually aroused.
• adj. (informal) Sexually arousing.

indulgent

• adj. Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to…

insensitive

• adj. Not expressing normal physical feeling.
• adj. Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic.

intemperate

• adj. Lacking moderation, temper or control.
• adj. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To disorder.

intemperately

• adv. In an intemperate manner.

knockout

• n. The act of making someone unconscious, or at least unable to come back on their feet within a certain…
• n. The deactivation of anything.
• n. (informal) Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
• n. (informal) A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
• n. A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal.
• n. (genetics) The deactivation of a particular gene.
• n. (genetics) A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
• n. (printing) An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
• n. (sports) A tournament in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next…
• n. (uncountable) A simple game for two or more players, derived from basketball.
• adj. Rendering someone unconscious.
• adj. Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful.
• adj. (genetics) Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.
• adj. Causing elimination from a competition.

knotty

• adj. Full of knots.
• adj. Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult.

laborious

• adj. Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
• adj. Mentally difficult; painstaking.
• adj. Industrious.

lignified

• v. simple past tense and past participle of lignify.

merciless

• adj. Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.

nasty

• adj. (now chiefly US) Dirty, filthy.
• adj. Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
• adj. Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.
• adj. Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.
• adj. Spiteful, unkind.
• adj. (chiefly Britain) Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous.
• adj. (chiefly Britain) Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.).
• adj. (slang, chiefly US) Formidable, terrific; wicked.
• n. (informal) Something nasty.
• n. (euphemistic, preceded by "the") Sexual intercourse.

operose

• adj. Wrought with, requiring, or evidencing a lot of labor; hence, tedious; wearisome.
• adj. (of a person) Busy, industrious, or painstaking.

ossified

• adj. Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone).
• adj. (of ideas or attitudes) Inflexible, old-fashioned.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of ossify.

petrified

• adj. Extremely afraid.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of petrify.

petrous

• adj. Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.
• adj. Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear.

problematic

• adj. Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s).
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study.

problematical

• adj. doubtful or disputed.
• adj. dubious or ambiguous.

punishing

• v. present participle of punish.
• adj. That inflicts punishment.
• adj. Arduous, gruelling.
• n. Punishment.

rocklike

• adj. Resembling a rock.
• adj. Resembling rock music.

rocky

• adj. Unstable; easily rocked.
• adj. In the style of rock and roll music.
• adj. (figuratively) Troubled; or difficult; in danger or distress.
• adj. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks.
• adj. Like a rock.
• adj. (figuratively) Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.

rough

• adj. Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.
• adj. Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
• adj. Turbulent.
• adj. Difficult; trying.
• adj. Crude; unrefined.
• adj. Violent; not careful or subtle.
• adj. Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
• adj. Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
• adj. Harsh-tasting.
• n. The unmowed part of a golf course.
• n. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
• n. (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by…
• n. The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
• n. A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming…
• n. (obsolete) Boisterous weather.
• v. To create in an approximate form.
• v. (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
• v. To render rough; to roughen.
• v. To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
• adv. In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

rugged

• adj. Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.
• adj. Nor neat nor regular; irregular, uneven.
• adj. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
• adj. (of a person) Strong, sturdy, well-built.
• adj. (of land) Rocky and bare of plantlife.
• adj. (of temper, character, or people) Harsh; austere; hard; crabbed.
• adj. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
• adj. (of sound, style etc.) Harsh; grating; rough to the ear.
• adj. (of looks, appearance etc.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled.
• adj. (of behaviour) Violent; rude; boisterous.
• adj. (of health, physique etc.) Vigorous; robust; hardy.
• adj. (computing, of a computer) Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.
• adj. Having a rug or rugs.
• adj. Covered with a rug.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of rug.

scheming

• v. present participle of scheme.
• adj. (pejorative) Tending to scheme.

semihard

• adj. Somewhat hard.

serious

• adj. Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition; earnest; solemn.
• adj. Important; weighty; not insignificant.
• adj. Really intending what is said; in earnest; not jocular or deceiving.

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

severe

• adj. Very bad or intense.
• adj. Strict or harsh.
• adj. Sober, plain in appearance, austere.

severely

• adv. In a severe manner.

shrewd

• adj. showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
• adj. artful, tricky or cunning.
• adj. streetwise.
• adj. knowledgeable.
• adj. (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.

solid

• adj. An item that can be grabbed, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas.
• adj. Large, massive.
• adj. Lacking holes or hollows; as solid gold, solid chocolate.
• adj. Strong or unyielding.
• adj. (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
• adj. Hearty; filling.
• adj. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
• adj. Sound; not weakly.
• adj. (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
• adj. (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
• adj. (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
• adj. Of a single color throughout.
• adj. (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
• n. (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need…
• n. (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
• n. (informal) A favor.
• n. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
• n. (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
• adv. Solidly.
• adv. (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.

stale

• adj. (alcohol, obsolete) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
• adj. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
• adj. No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed,…
• adj. No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
• adj. (agriculture, obsolete) Fallow, in reference to land.
• adj. (law) Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
• adj. Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
• adj. (finance) Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
• n. (colloquial) Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
• v. (of alcohol, obsolete, transitive) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially…
• v. (transitive) To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest…
• v. (intransitive) To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
• v. (alcohol, intransitive) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
• n. A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.).
• n. (dialectal) The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
• n. (botany, obsolete) The stem of a plant.
• n. The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
• n. (military, obsolete) A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
• n. (chess, uncommon) A stalemate; a stalemated game.
• n. (military, obsolete) An ambush.
• n. (obsolete) A band of armed men or hunters.
• n. (Scotland, military, obsolete) The main force of an army.
• adj. (chess, obsolete) At a standstill; stalemated.
• v. (chess, uncommon, transitive) To stalemate.
• v. (chess, obsolete, intransitive) To be stalemated.
• n. (livestock, obsolete) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
• v. (livestock, obsolete, intransitive) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
• n. (falconry, hunting, obsolete) A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
• n. (obsolete) Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
• n. (crime, obsolete) An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
• n. (obsolete) a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
• n. (obsolete) A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. …
• n. (crime, obsolete) A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
• n. (hunting, obsolete) Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
• v. (rare, obsolete, transitive) To serve as a decoy, to lure.

steely

• adj. Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hard and resolute.
• adj. Made of steel.

sticky

• adj. Able or likely to stick.
• adj. Potentially difficult to escape from.
• adj. Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
• adj. (computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
• adj. (computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
• adj. (Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to…
• adj. (Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
• n. A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
• n. (manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
• n. (Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine.
• v. (Internet, bulletin boards, transitive) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so…

stonelike

• adj. Resembling stone or a stone.

stony

• adj. As hard as stone.
• adj. Containing or made up of stones.
• adj. (figuratively) Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.
• adj. (figuratively) Of an action such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion.

strong

• adj. Capable of producing great physical force.
• adj. Capable of withstanding great physical force.
• adj. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.
• adj. Determined; unyielding.
• adj. Highly stimulating to the senses.
• adj. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
• adj. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
• adj. (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
• adj. (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change…
• adj. (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
• adj. (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
• adj. (slang, US) Impressive, good.
• adj. Having a specified number of people or units.
• adj. (of a disease or symptom) severe (very bad or intense).
• adj. (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted…
• adj. (of an argument) Convincing.
• adv. In a strong manner.

surd

• n. (arithmetic) An irrational number, especially one expressed using the √ symbol.
• n. (linguistics) A voiceless consonant.
• adj. (obsolete) Lacking the sense of hearing; deaf.
• adj. (obsolete) unheard.
• adj. (mathematics) Involving surds, or irrational numbers; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers.
• adj. (phonetics) unvoiced; voiceless.

tall

• adj. (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of…
• adj. (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal)…
• adj. (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
• adj. (chiefly US, of a cup of coffee) A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.
• adj. (obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.
• adj. (obsolete) Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
• adj. (obsolete) Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
• adj. (archaic) Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.

thorny

• adj. having thorns or spines.
• adj. troublesome or vexatious.
• adj. aloof and irritable.

ticklish

• adj. Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
• adj. Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.

tight

• adj. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
• adj. (of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass…
• adj. Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
• adj. (slang) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.
• adj. (slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
• adj. (slang, British (regional)) Mean; unfair; unkind.
• adj. (obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
• adj. (obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk.
• adj. (poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands.
• adj. (poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.
• adv. Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
• adv. Soundly.
• v. (obsolete) To tighten.

toilsome

• adj. Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.

touchy

• adj. (of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable;…
• adj. (of a person) Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish.

tough

• adj. Strong and resilient; sturdy.
• adj. (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
• adj. Rugged or physically hardy.
• adj. Stubborn.
• adj. (of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
• adj. Rowdy or rough.
• adj. (of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
• adj. (material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
• interj. (slang) Used to indicate lack of sympathy.
• n. A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
• v. To endure.
• v. To toughen.

tricky

• adj. hard to deal with, complicated.
• adj. adept at using deception.
• adj. (colloquial, slang) Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick.

troublesome

• adj. Characterised by trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.

trying

• adj. Difficult to endure; arduous.
• adj. Irritating, stressful or bothersome.
• v. present participle of try.
• n. (philosophy) The act by which one tries something; an attempt.

tumid

• adj. swollen, enlarged, bulging.
• adj. cancerous, unhealthy.
• adj. pompous, bombastic.

unenviable

• adj. Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be envied.

unmerciful

• adj. not showing mercy.

unvoiced

• adj. Not spoken or expressed.
• adj. (linguistics) Spoken without vibration of the vocal chords.

unyielding

• adj. Not giving in; not bending; stubborn.

velar

• adj. (phonetics) Articulated at the velum or soft palate.
• adj. (mycology) Referring to a veil.
• n. (phonetics) a sound articulated at the soft palate.

vexed

• adj. annoyed, irritated or distressed.
• adj. much debated, discussed or disputed.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of vex.

voiceless

• adj. Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
• adj. (phonetics, of a consonant) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced. Examples: [t], [s],…

whispered

• v. simple past tense and past participle of whisper.

woody

• adj. Covered in woods; wooded.
• adj. (obsolete) Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
• adj. Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
• adj. (botany) Non-herbaceous.
• adj. (botany) Lignified: "the woody parts of a plant".
• n. A station wagon that has a retro wooden exterior, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
• n. (vulgar, slang) An erection.