1. Definition: 1. dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";

View more information about hard

1. Definition: 1. of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs"

View more information about lofty

1. Definition: 1. very drunk

View more information about stiff

1. Definition: 1. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"

View more information about tight

1. Definition: 1. having a sharp inclination; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs"

View more information about steep

1. Definition: 1. a cruel and brutal fellow

View more information about tough

1. Definition: 1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"

View more information about spiny

1. Definition: 1. so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

View more information about sheer

1. Definition: 1. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"

View more information about rough

1. Definition: 1. full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"

View more information about rocky

1. Definition: 1. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"

View more information about rugged

1. Definition: 1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

View more information about severe

1. Definition: 1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"

View more information about thorny

1. Definition: 1. not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee

View more information about tricky

1. Definition: 1. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

View more information about trying

1. Definition: 1. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;

View more information about wicked

1. Definition: 1. the upward slope of a hill

View more information about uphill

1. Definition: 1. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

View more information about onerous

1. Definition: 1. undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"

View more information about testing

1. Definition: 1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

View more information about serious

1. Definition: 1. dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)

View more information about stickle

View more information about grueling

View more information about toilsome

1. Definition: 1. cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;

View more information about strained

1. Definition: 1. difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"

View more information about ticklish

1. Definition: 1. causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

View more information about terrible

1. Definition: 1. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

View more information about rigorous

1. Definition: 1. taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt

View more information about strenuous

1. Definition: 1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

View more information about gruelling

View more information about punishing

1. Definition: 1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

View more information about laborious

View more information about difficult

1. Definition: 1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

View more information about wearisome

1. Definition: 1. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

View more information about precipitate

1. Definition: 1. difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

View more information about troublesome

1. Definition: 1. extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"

View more information about precipitous

1. Definition: 1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

View more information about backbreaking