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hard-ass

/ˈhɑɹdæs/

hard-ass adjective: tough, uncompromising and inflexible.

Adjective

hard-ass (comparative more hard-ass, superlative most hard-ass)

  1. (slang, vulgar) Tough, uncompromising and inflexible.
    • Hopefully you don't take such a hard-ass approach as this.

Noun

hard-ass (plural hard-asses)

  1. (slang, vulgar) A tough and combative person.

hard-ass meaning in Bengali

hard-ass in Bengali

কঠোর, আপসহীন এবং অনমনীয়

Forms of hard-ass

Adjective
comparativemore hard-ass
superlativemost hard-ass
alternative formhardass
alternative formhard-arse
alternative formhardarse
Noun
pluralhard-asses

Origin of hard-ass

From hard + -ass.

Words formed from hard-ass

Questions about hard-ass

What does hard-ass mean?
Hard-ass means tough, uncompromising and inflexible.
What is hard-ass in Bengali?
Hard-ass in Bengali is কঠোর, আপসহীন এবং অনমনীয়. See Hard-ass meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is hard-ass?
Hard-ass can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce hard-ass?
Hard-ass is pronounced /ˈhɑɹdæs/ (US).

Words near hard-ass in the dictionary

  1. hard yakka
  2. hard yards
  3. hard-and-fast
  4. hard-arse
  5. hard-arses
  6. hard-ass
  7. hard-assed
  8. hard-assery
  9. hard-asses
  10. hard-bill
  11. hard-bills

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard-ass (page history and authors); hard-ass (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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