HARDEDGE Synonyms

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• incapable of change

• not making concessions

• resistant to being bent

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• never-ceasing

• firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination

• characterized by quickness and firmness

• designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

• incapable of or resistant to bending

• incapable of compromise or flexibility

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

• fixed and unmoving

• intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

• very strong or vigorous

• severely simple

• unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• very bad in degree or extent

• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

• having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

• (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

• a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

• changing suddenly in direction and degree

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• ending in a sharp point

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• harsh

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• dangerously steep

• very sudden and in great amount or degree

• quick and forceful

• the rear part of a ship

• United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• severe and unremitting in making demands

• severely simple

• characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

• rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

• (of rules) stringently enforced

• incapable of compromise or flexibility

• severe and unremitting in making demands

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• not making concessions

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• punishingly harsh

• never-ceasing

• going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside

• firm and dependable especially in loyalty

• stubbornly unyielding

• resistant to physical force or pressure