hard words
Blunt, painful truths
Words that are difficult to understand, spell, or pronounce.
The phrase often appears in educational contexts: a list of hard words for the spelling bee, vocabulary drills on hard words.
Hard words may also be harsh or severe speech: They exchanged hard words before parting.
- sesquipedalianGiven to lengthy vocabulary
- tongue twisterPhrase hard to articulate
- tongueOral muscle for taste
- difficultRequiring much effort
- spelling beeWord-accuracy competition
puzzle · brain teaser · abstruse · obscure · circumlocution · impenetrable · lost in translation · schadenfreude · stumble · stammer · complex · jargon · technical terms · unfamiliar · indefatigable · twist · recondite · dichotomization
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hard wordssoft words
kind words · gentle words · gentle encouragement · honeyed words · endearments
hard wordspraise
Expression of approval
compliments · encouragement · words of praise · gentle encouragement · flattery
hard, harder, hardest, harden, hardened, hardening, hardener, hardness, hardly