Synonyms and Antonyms of hardness
1
something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal
- the test questions were rated for hardness, a rating of five indicating the most difficult
discomfort, inconvenience, nuisance
affliction, trial, tribulation
knock, misfortune, mishap, tragedy
bar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, pons asinorum, rub, shackle, snag, stop, trammel
block, chain, deterrent, encumbrance, fetter, inhibition
hump
2
the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)
- the aunt's hardness gradually crumbled under the influence of the little orphan's endearing ways
exactingness, harshness, inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, rigorousness, severity, sternness, strictness, stringency
callousness, hard-heartedness, implacability, obduracy, obdurateness, pitilessness
dourness, gruffness
asceticism, austereness, austerity, monasticism
determination, firmness, resolve, steadfastness
obstinacy, stubbornness
forbearance, indulgence, kindness, lenience, patience, softness, tenderness, tolerance
responsiveness, willingness
compliance, pliability, pliancy
