Defenition of the word hardness
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Defenition of the word hardness
- Resistance of a solid to indentation, scratching, abrasion or cutting.
(Source: MGH)
- the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"
- the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched
- excessive sternness; "the severity of his punishment was inhuman"
- devoid of passion or feeling
- excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
- the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
- excessive sternness
- the quality of being difficult to do
- devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
- a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
Synonyms for the word hardness
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- callousness
- harshness
- inclemency
- inflexibility
- insensibility
- resistance
- rigidity
- severity
- solidity
- stability
- stiffness
- unfeelingness
Similar words in the hardness
Hyponyms for the word hardness
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- dullness
- firmness
- incompressibility
Hypernyms for the word hardness
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- body
- consistence
- consistency
- difficultness
- difficulty
- eubstance
- insensitiveness
- insensitivity
- quality
- sternness
- strictness
Antonyms for the word hardness
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