Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: hard – harmless
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hard (-er, -est), adj. [OE.] (webplay: easy).
- Tough; arduous; difficult mentally; not easy to accomplish.
- Stiff; austere; unfeeling; not moved by pity.
hard, adv. [see hard, adj.] (webplay: understood).
Fiercely; intensely; strenuously; tirelessly; with great effort.
harden (-ed), v. [see hard, adj.] (webplay: iron).
Make firm; indurate; cause to be more compact; [fig.] make unyielding; cause to be insensitive.
hardly, adv. [see hard, adj.] (webplay: almost, scarcely).
Just; barely; not quite.
hare, n. [OE hara < Germanic.]
Bunny; rabbit; small furry mammal with long ears that hops; [fig.] nervous creature; frightened girl.
harebell, n. [see hare, n., bell, n.]
Plant with bell-shaped flowers.
hark (-s), v. [OE heorcian, to hear.]
Listen; pay attention; incline the ear.
harm (-s), n. [OE hearm < Old Germanic.]
Hurt; injury; damage; impairment; [fig.] sin; evil; malice; mischief; moral wrong; wickedness.
harm, v. [OE; see harm, n.] (webplay: hurt).
Mar; wound; injure; impair; damage.
harmless, adj. [see harm, v.]
Innocent; innocuous; inoffensive; not injurious.