hard-earned
hard-earned adjective: having been obtained with a great deal of effort.
Adjective
hard-earned (comparative harder-earned or more hard-earned, superlative hardest-earned or most hard-earned)
- Having been obtained with a great deal of effort.
- This is my hard-earned money, and I can spend it how I see fit.
- It was a hard-earned victory for the team.
Noun
hard-earned (uncountable)
- Money that one owns.
hard-earned meaning in Tamil and Urdu
hard-earned in Tamil
- பாடுபட்டுப் பெற்ற, வருந்தி ஈட்டிய
hard-earned in Urdu
- hard-earned
- حلال halāl
Forms of hard-earned
| comparative | harder-earned |
|---|---|
| comparative | more hard-earned |
| superlative | hardest-earned |
| superlative | most hard-earned |
Origin of hard-earned
From hard + earned.
Questions about hard-earned
- What does hard-earned mean?
- Hard-earned means having been obtained with a great deal of effort.
- What is hard-earned in Tamil?
- Hard-earned in Tamil is பாடுபட்டுப் பெற்ற, வருந்தி ஈட்டிய. See Hard-earned meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hard-earned?
- Hard-earned can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near hard-earned in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard-earned (page history and authors); hard-earned (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); حلال (Urdu) (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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