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hardsome

hardsome adjective: characterised by hardness; stern; severe; difficult.

Adjective

hardsome (comparative more hardsome, superlative most hardsome)

  1. Characterised by hardness; stern; severe; difficult.
    • Mere grimness is as easy as grinning; but it requires something to put a hardsome face on a story.1854, Leigh Hunt, Essays and Miscellanies
    • Her daily life is very hardsome and full of continuous labour.1992, Bhanu Pratap Chaurasia, Women's Status in India: Policies and Programmes

Forms of hardsome

comparativemore hardsome
superlativemost hardsome

Origin of hardsome

From hard + -some.

Questions about hardsome

What does hardsome mean?
Hardsome means characterised by hardness; stern; severe; difficult.
What part of speech is hardsome?
Hardsome is an adjective.

Words near hardsome in the dictionary

  1. hardship post
  2. hardship posts
  3. hardshipped
  4. hardshipping
  5. hardships
  6. hardsome
  7. hardsport
  8. hardsports
  9. hardspun
  10. Hardstaff
  11. hardstand

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