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hard-assed

hard-assed adjective: of a person: having a very difficult personality; being a perfectionist.

Adjective

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

  1. (US, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) Of a person: having a very difficult personality; being a perfectionist.

Forms of hard-assed

comparativemore hard-assed
superlativemost hard-assed

Questions about hard-assed

What does hard-assed mean?
Hard-assed means of a person: having a very difficult personality; being a perfectionist.
What part of speech is hard-assed?
Hard-assed is an adjective.

Words near hard-assed in the dictionary

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

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