HARDNESS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • excessive sternness
   Synonym(s)
   • harshness (what does harshness mean?)
   • inclemency (what does inclemency mean?)
   • rigor (what does rigor mean?)
   • rigour (what does rigour mean?)
   • severity (what does severity mean?)
   • stiffness (what does stiffness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • severity of character
   • the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
   • the rigors of boot camp
   Hypernyms(s) hardness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sternness (what does sternness mean?)
   • strictness (what does strictness mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the quality of being difficult to do
   Usage Example(s)
   • he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness
   Hypernyms(s) hardness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • difficulty (what does difficulty mean?)
   • difficultness (what does difficultness mean?)
3. Meaning
   • devoid of passion or feeling
   Synonym(s)
   • callousness (what does callousness mean?)
   • insensibility (what does insensibility mean?)
   • unfeelingness (what does unfeelingness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) hardness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • insensitivity (what does insensitivity mean?)
   • insensitiveness (what does insensitiveness mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure
   • not easily scratched
   • measured on Mohs scale
   Hypernyms(s) hardness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • consistency (what does consistency mean?)
   • consistence (what does consistence mean?)
   • body (what does body mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • softness (what does softness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • firmness (what does firmness mean?)
   • incompressibility (what does incompressibility mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • hard (what does hard mean?)
   • soft (what does soft mean?)